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velvet-leaf mallow

Allowissadula holosericea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 238, February 227, March 258, April 675, May 300, June 238, July 152, August 135, September 357, October 390, November 315, December 222.
Texas4,924
United States2,709
Mexico39
Nuevo Leon31
New Mexico13
Guanajuato2
Zacatecas2
Kansas1
Coahuila de Zaragoza1
Durango1

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMallows, Rock Roses, and Allies · Malvales
FamilyMallow and Hibiscus Family · Malvaceae
GenusAllowissadula

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Practise velvet-leaf mallow with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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