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Herissantia crispa
Herissantia crispa
- Botanic Family
- Malvaceae
- Author
- (Linnaeus) Brizicky
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Antilles
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Bolivia
- Bahia
- Minas Gerais
- Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Guadaloupe
- Guyana
- Hispaniola
- Jamaica
- Leeward Islands
- Mexico
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Arizona
- California
- Florida
- Hawaii
- New Mexico
- Texas
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands - USA
- Windward Islands
Natural Habitats
- Disturbed areas
- forest edges
- savanna
- dry scrub
- forest
- coastal
- montane forest
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Sometimes scandent velvety perennial herb or subshrub with erect, trailling or vinelike stems to 900mm long. Crenate toothed tomentose leaves to 70mm long. White, yellow or pale purple flowers to 11mm long, 10mm diameter in axillary inflorescence, villous or velvety calyx to 7m long, yellow or whitish petals to 12mm long. Pubescent bladdery somewhat hispid schizocarp to 20mm diameter x 15mm
Known weed
Further References
- FOH
- Mobot
- Neotrop
- FB
- FOC
- The Plant List 2
- Botanicus
- JAA
- USDA
- FOSEUS
- FOPE
- SAFIO