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thicket anoda
Scientific Name: Anoda crenatiflora
Family: Malvaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Other Names:
Thicket Anoda (Anoda crenatiflora)
Anoda crenatiflora, commonly known as thicket anoda, is an annual forb/herb belonging to the mallow family (Malvaceae).
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Anoda crenatiflora Ortega
- Common Name: Thicket Anoda
- Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
- Genus: Anoda
- Taxonomic Status: Accepted
- ITIS TSN: 21688
- Synonymic Checklists: This plant can be found in World Plants using the name Anoda crenatiflora Orteg.
Distribution and Habitat
- Native to Texas and other states in the USA (specifically AZ, TX).
- Grows in Zone 8a.
Morphological Characteristics
- Annual plant.
- Forb/herb (non-woody plant that is not a grass).
- Plant can grow as a perennial herb to 1 meter tall.
- Stems are puberulent (minutely pubescent).
- Leaves are ovate to hastate (triangular with basal lobes).
Other Anoda Species
The Anoda genus includes other species, such as:
- Anoda abutiloides - Indian Anoda
- Anoda cristata - Crested Anoda, spurred anoda, violeta del campo
- Anoda lanceolata - Lanceleaf Anoda
- Anoda pentaschista - Field Anoda
Additional Information
- The Thicket Anoda plant can be grown in the garden throughout the whole year.
- It doesn’t fear cold weather and it bears very harsh minimum temperatures.
Further Resources
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Discover Life
- British Database of World Flora and Fauna
- Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and the Plants of the Sonoran Desert
- JANAS 27(2)