Modiola caroliniana




Family Malvaceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
Scientific name Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don
Synonyms Abutilodes caroliniana (L.) Kuntze; Anoda strictiflora Steudel; Malva caroliniana L.; Malva decumbens Willdenow; Malva eriocarpa de Candolle; Malva prostrata Cavanilles; Malva urticifolia Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth; Modanthos caroliniana (L.) Alefeld; Modanthos decumbens (G. Don) Alefeld; Modanthos eriocarpa (de Candolle) Alefeld; Modanthos prostrata (Cavanilles) Alefeld; Modanthos reptans Alefeld; Modanthos urticifolia Alefeld; Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don var. brevipes Grisebach; Modiola decumbens G. Don; Modiola erecta Lespinasse; Modiola eriocarpa G. Don; Modiola fissistipula Presl; Modiola jaeggiana (K. Schumann) K. Schumann; Modiola multifida Moench; Modiola prostrata (Cavanilles) A. St.-Hilaire; Modiola reptans A. St.-Hilaire; Modiola urticifolia G. Don; Modiolastrum jaeggianum K. Schumann
Common name (Japanese common name) kikuba-aoi (キクノハアオイ, 菊葉葵 [meaning: aster leaved mallow])
(English common name) bristle mallow, Carolina mallow, Carolina bristle mallow, creeping Mallow, crimson mallow, orange hibiscus, Red-flowered Mallow
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Argentina - North America
Chromosomal number 2n=18
Description Plants 50cm long. Flowers scarlet 5 petals each 6-10mm long, flowering in June to October. Annual or perennial plants.
Reference Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don
Acids and esters of 5-(2-optionally substituted-4-trifluoromethyl-6-optionally substituted phenoxy)-2-nitro, -halo, or-cyano alpha substituted phenyl carboxy oximes, and method of controlling weeds with them (US Patent 4344789/1982)
4-Trifluoromethylphenoxy-benzaldoximes (US Patent 4401602/1983)
Note Naturalized plants (first recorded in 1913).



May 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
May 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
May 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden



May 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden