Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Section: Common Name: Scientific Name: Family:
Account for Turk's-cap Mallow - Malvaviscus drummondii   Torrey & A. Gray
Members of Malvaceae:
Only member of Malvaviscus in NC.
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AuthorTorrey & A. Gray
DistributionCollections were made in 1970 near the "old railroad station" in Wilmington, New Hanover County. In Cabarrus County it was "adventive" at the edge of a yard and woods in 2009. A specimen from Wake County was from cultivated plants.

Native of Mexico north to AR, LA, and TX. Planted elsewhere and sometimes escaped.
AbundanceVery rare.
HabitatDisturbed or waste soils; back yard weed.
PhenologyFlowering in August-September.
IdentificationTurk's-cap Mallow is a shrub with ovate to rotund, alternate leaves. Leaves may be slightly 3-lobed or 3-pointed. Flowers are red and very distinctive in not opening broadly, but remaining tubular in shape with the style extending beyond.
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State RankSE
Global RankGNR
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