Napaea dioica L.

Locations ofNapaea dioica L. in Virginia

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Family
Malvaceae
Botanical Name
Napaea dioica L.
Common Name
Glade Mallow
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Napaea dioica L.
Comments
Likely native as the species was named by Linnaeus in 1753, before explorers had reached it's main range in the upper Midwest; see Castanea 63:88 (1998) for an account of the species' discovery in Virginia.
Habitat
Low, moist, graminoid-dominated floodplain meadows, with associates including Carex suberecta, C. pellita, Glyceria acutiflora, and Spartina pectinata. Rare, sw. mountains; known only from the valley of Reed Creek, a New River tributary in southwest Virginia (Ridge and Valley province).
Native Status
Native

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