Wild Florida Photo - Melochia spicata - Bretonica Peluda

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Wild Florida Photo - Melochia spicata - Bretonica Peluda

Melochia spicata

Bretonica Peluda

Florida native

Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co. FL 12/20/03

Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, Collier Co. FL 12/20/03

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Occassional plant of sandhills and disturbed sites of the central and southern peninsula. Also found in Georgia and Puerto Rico.

Melochia spicata is a member of the Sterculiaceae - Cacao family.

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species

USDA Plant Profile for this species

Date record last modified: Aug 07, 2016