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rock rose
Heterotis rotundifolia
Heterotis rotundifolia
rock rose Meadowbeauty
Heterotis rotundifolia Melastomataceae
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common names
  rock rose
  pinklady
  Spanish shawl
accepted scientific name
  Heterotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Jacq.-Fél.
rules for finding collection records
  Heterotis rotundifolia (98)
  Dissotis rotundifolia (32)
family name
  • Melastomataceae
Image Author: ©2012 Forest And Kim Starr
Image License: CC BY
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is 1.2 to 1.6 inches
Leaf: Opposite, Simple
Plant Observed All Year
Introduced. Native to Africa.

How Likely at this Location (24%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (63%)
where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Forest
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
Grassland
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Heterotis rotundifolia   (Sm.) Jacq.-Fél.   (TSN: 895384, Index: 544)


Scientific Names used to access collection records




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