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Wax mallow
Malvaviscus arboreus
Malvaceae
 

Copyright by: David Schroeder, Jungles Studio, 2019. Great Guana Cay, Bahamas.

Range: Nonnative. Native to the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. Cultivated and sometimes naturalized in Florida.

Plant Map Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.

Wildlife and Ecology: A nectar source for native butterflies.


Copyright by: David Schroeder, Jungles Studio, 2019. Great Guana Cay, Bahamas.

Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2014
In cultivation, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

Copyright by: David Schroeder, Jungles Studio, 2019. Great Guana Cay, Bahamas.

Copyright by: David Schroeder, Jungles Studio, 2019. Great Guana Cay, Bahamas.




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