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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mallows, Rock Roses, and Allies
  6. Mallow Family
  7. Byttnerioideae
  8. Melochia

genus

Melochia

Melochia

Traits
Includes
3 native 3 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Pyramid Flower native
  • Gulf Teabush native
  • Chocolateweed introduced
  • Bretonica Peluda native
  • Hornbeam Leaved Melochia present
  • Melochia parvifolia
  • Toilet Paper Tree present
  • Melochia villosissima

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Annual Perennial Shrub Tree Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native Melochia All

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

  • Bretonica Peluda Melochia spicata caterpillars 1 flowers 1
  • Gulf Teabush Melochia tomentosa food 3 flowers 15
  • Pyramid Flower Melochia pyramidata flowers 10

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