Shrubby False Mallow (Malvastrum bicuspidatum)
Description
It is a woody herbaceous plant towards the base ( sofr-tice ), that reaches a size of 1 to 2 m of height. The stem with branched hairs. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, ovate to slightly elliptic, usually up to 8 cm long, pointed, margin sawed, with simple or branched hairs. The inflorescence with the flowers grouped in a somewhat arched terminal cluster and some solitary in the armpits of the superior leaves; Pedicels very small, up to 2 mm long; At the base of each flower there is a bract whose apex is divided into 2 branches. The fruits are dry (called schizocarp ) are composed of 9 to 13 pieces (called mericarpos ) that have the shape of segments and are arranged next to each other, forming a wheel; 6 to 7 mm in diameter; Mericarpios with hairs or sometimes without hairs at the apex, its lateral walls sometimes with ribs, on the external face (the back) there are 2 tips. One seed per mericarpio. It presents a number of chromosomes of: 2n = 24.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malvales
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Family: Malvaceae
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Genus: Malvastrum
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