Modiola
Methodus, 619. 1794.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Modiola caroliniana Napaea dioica Pavonia lasiopetala | Linny Heagy Linny Heagy Linny Heagy |
Herbs, perennial, usually glabrate. Stems procumbent, not viscid, sometimes with few simple hairs on herbage. Leaves: stipules persistent, ovate; blade orbiculate, usually palmately 5–7- ribbed, narrowly triangular; corolla wide-campanulate, salmon-orange, often with darker center, drying brick-red; staminal column included; ovary 16–22-carpellate; ovules 1 per cell; style 16–22-branched; stigmas capitate. Fruits schizocarps, erect, not inflated, flattened disc indented in center, not indurate, setose; mericarps 16–22, 2-celled, dorsally setose, laterally glabrous, with 2 apical spurs/spines, chamber divided by endoglossum or partial septum, lower cell strongly rugose, indehiscent, upper cell smoother, dehiscent. Seeds 1 per cell, rounded, with proximal notch, sparsely, minutely hairy. x = 9.
Distribution
Introduced; Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (to n Argentina), Europe
Discussion
Species 1.
Modiola is undoubtedly adventive over much of its range and possibly native only in northern Argentina and the Paraná basin of South America.
Selected References
None.