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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mallows, Rock Roses, and Allies
  6. Mallow Family
  7. Grewioideae
  8. Jute Mallow

genus

Jute Mallow

Corchorus

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • East Indian Mallow present
  • Jute present
  • Jackswitch present
  • Slippery Burr native
  • Orinoco Jute native
  • Jute present
  • Wild Jute
  • White Jute
  • Orinoco Jute native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Annual Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native jute mallow All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Slippery Burr Corchorus siliquosus caterpillars 2 food 1
  • Orinoco Jute Corchorus hirtus
  • Orinoco Jute Corchorus orinocensis

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