Family: Malvaceae
Pavonia hastata
Citation:
Cav., Diss. 3:138 (1787).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Pink pavonia.
Description:
Shrubs to 2 m high; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, shortly hastate, 2-5 cm long, the upper surface darker and slightly glossy.
Peduncles usually 10-20 mm long; epicalyx segments ovate, 4-5 mm long, slightly shorter than the sepals; only cleistogamous flowers found on naturalised specimens in S.Aust.; petals on S.Aust. specimens shorter than the calyx, red-dish, streaked; elsewhere to 2.5 cm long, reddish or purple with a dark area at the base; stamens 5 and enclosed by the perianth in cleistogamous flowers, numerous and exposed elsewhere.
Fruitlets reticulate, with a prominent dorsal rib, simple- or stellate-pubescent or almost glabrescent.
| Pavonia hastata leaf, 2 views of the calyx and epicalyx, mericarp and seed.
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Image source: fig 439f in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 478.
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, MU, SL. native to Qld; N.S.W. South America.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Jan.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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