Modiola caroliniana

Cape Palliser.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Date taken: 07/10/2013, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 04/01/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Immature fruit. Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 04/01/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Modiola caroliniana.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui. Upper leaf surface.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/03/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui. Lower leaf surface.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/03/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui. Mature fruit.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/03/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui. Mature fruit, side view.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/03/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Unripe fruit. Whanganui. Nov 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

creeping mallow

Family

Malvaceae

Authority

Modiola caroliniana (L.) G.Don

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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MODCAR

Flower colours

Red/Pink, Yellow

Year naturalised

1870

Origin

Tropical America, warm temperate N America

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