Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Malvaceae

Abutilon - [maps | photos]

• Abutilon theophrasti * Medik.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: velvetleaf, Indian mallow

Alcea - [maps | photos]

• Alcea rosea * L.
  Common Name: hollyhock
  Synonyms:
  

         • Althaea rosea (L.) Cav.

Anoda - [maps | photos]

• Anoda cristata * (L.) Schltdl.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: crested anoda

Callirhoe - [maps | photos]

• Callirhoe alcaeoides (Michx.) A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: light poppy mallow

Hibiscus - [maps | photos]

• Hibiscus laevis All.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: halberdleaf rose mallow, hibiscus
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hibiscus militaris Cav.

• Hibiscus moscheutos L. ssp. lasiocarpus (Cav.) O.J. Blanchard
  Common Name: crimsoneyed rose mallow, hibiscus

• Hibiscus moscheutos L. ssp. moscheutos
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hibiscus

• Hibiscus syriacus * L.
  Common Name: rose of Sharon, hibiscus

• Hibiscus trionum * L.
  Common Name: flower of an hour, hibiscus

Malva - [maps | photos]

• Malva moschata * L.
  Common Name: musk mallow

• Malva neglecta * Wallr.
  Common Name: common mallow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Malva rotundifolia auct. non L.

• Malva sylvestris * L.
  Common Name: high mallow

Malvastrum - [maps | photos]

• Malvastrum hispidum (Pursh) Hochr.
  Common Name: hispid false mallow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sphaeralcea angusta (Gray) Fern.

Modiola - [maps | photos]

• Modiola caroliniana * (L.) G. Don
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: Carolina bristle mallow

Sida - [maps | photos]

• Sida elliottii Torr. & A. Gray
  Common Name: Elliott's fanpetals

• Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: Virginia fanpetals
  Synonyms:
  

         • Napaea hermaphrodita L.

• Sida rhombifolia * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: cuban jute

• Sida spinosa * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: prickly fanpetals

Tilia - [maps | photos]

• Tilia americana L. var. americana
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: American basswood, linden

• Tilia americana L. var. heterophylla (Vent.) Loud.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: American basswood, linden
  Synonyms:
  

         • Tilia heterophylla Vent.

         • Tilia heterophylla Vent.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.