View source for Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata

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|name=Sida sabeana
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|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae;Melochia;Melochia pyramidata;Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melochia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melochia pyramidata]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
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|treatment_page=page 211
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, subshrubs, or shrubs, 0.1–2 m, sometimes taprooted. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5–3 cm; blade lanceolate to ovate, 1–6 × 0.5–3 cm, surfaces glabrous or glabrate, hairs mostly simple. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually leaf-opposed, umbellate, 2–25-flowered; peduncle 1–12 mm; bracteoles 3, at base of pedicel. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–5 mm. <b>Flowers</b> dimorphic; calyx 3.5–5 mm, teeth acuminate; petals purple, pink, or violet, sometimes yellow proximally, 6.5–8 × 1.5–2.5 mm; longistylous form: stamens 3.5–4 mm, pistil 5–6 mm; brevistylous form: stamens 5–5.3 mm, pistil 3.5–4 mm. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, often purple-blotched, 5-winged, short-beaked, pyramidal, 7–9 × 8–14 mm, dehiscence loculicidal. <b>Seeds</b> 1 or 2 per locule.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting Apr–Nov.
|habitat=Low, disturbed ground
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
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|synonyms=Sida sabeana
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|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting Apr–Nov.
|habitat=Low, disturbed ground
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Byttnerioideae
|genus=Melochia
|species=Melochia pyramidata
|variety=Melochia pyramidata var. pyramidata
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