Family | Malvaceae |
Subfamily | Malvoideae |
Tribe | Malveae |
Scientific name | Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don |
Synonyms | Abutilodes caroliniana (L.) Kuntze; Anoda strictiflora Steudel; Malva caroliniana L.; Malva decumbens Willdenow; Malva eriocarpa de Candolle; Malva prostrata Cavanilles; Malva urticifolia Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth; Modanthos caroliniana (L.) Alefeld; Modanthos decumbens (G. Don) Alefeld; Modanthos eriocarpa (de Candolle) Alefeld; Modanthos prostrata (Cavanilles) Alefeld; Modanthos reptans Alefeld; Modanthos urticifolia Alefeld; Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don var. brevipes Grisebach; Modiola decumbens G. Don; Modiola erecta Lespinasse; Modiola eriocarpa G. Don; Modiola fissistipula Presl; Modiola jaeggiana (K. Schumann) K. Schumann; Modiola multifida Moench; Modiola prostrata (Cavanilles) A. St.-Hilaire; Modiola reptans A. St.-Hilaire; Modiola urticifolia G. Don; Modiolastrum jaeggianum K. Schumann |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kikuba-aoi (キクノハアオイ, 菊葉葵 [meaning: aster leaved mallow]) |
(English common name) bristle mallow, Carolina mallow, Carolina bristle mallow, creeping Mallow, crimson mallow, orange hibiscus, Red-flowered Mallow | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] Argentina - North America | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Plants 50cm long. Flowers scarlet 5 petals each 6-10mm long, flowering in June to October. Annual or perennial plants. |
Reference | Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don |
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don | |
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don | |
Acids and esters of 5-(2-optionally substituted-4-trifluoromethyl-6-optionally substituted phenoxy)-2-nitro, -halo, or-cyano alpha substituted phenyl carboxy oximes, and method of controlling weeds with them (US Patent 4344789/1982) | |
4-Trifluoromethylphenoxy-benzaldoximes (US Patent 4401602/1983) | |
Note | Naturalized plants (first recorded in 1913). |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |