Seed Plants, Ferns, Fern Allies of the Austin Region 51 



Malvastrum americanum Torr. 

 Roadsides and waste places. 

 Gulf states. Tropical America. 



Malvaviscus Drummondii T. & G. "Mexican Apple." 



Abundant in moist woods. A rather coarse, herb with red flowers 



and large red berry-like fruits. 

 Gulf states and Mexico. 



Modiola caroliniana G. Don. 



In the flood plains of Bee Creek and Bull Creek. 

 Gulf States, Central and South America. 



Pavonia lasiopetala Scheele. 



Common in woods and rocky bluffs. A shrubby plant with hand- 

 some pink flowers. 



Texas and Mexico. 



Sida filiformis Moric. 



Abundant on roadsides, the campus, etc. 

 Texas to Mexico. 



Sida diffusa HBK. 



Very similar to the preceding and in similar situations. 

 Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. 



Sida fifiilipes A. Gray. 

 Rare here. 

 Western Texas. 



Sida hastata St. Hil. (S. physocalyx A. Gray.) 

 Roadsides, etc., in deep soil. 

 Texas and New Mexico. 



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 Sida spinosa L. 

 Waste places and roadsides. 

 Widespread in the tropics and eastern United States. 



Wissadula holosericea Garcke. (Abutilon holosericeum Scheele.) 

 Texas and Mexico. 



HYPERICALES 



HYPERICACEAE St. John's-Wort Family 



Ascyrum hypericoides L. St. Andrew's Cross. 

 Found near the dam. Rare here. 

 Introduced in the southeastern states from tropical America. 



