Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Modiola caroliniana
Common name
Red-flowered mallow
Family
Malvaceae
Where found
Grassy areas, roadsides, gardens, disturbed sites, and along streams. Widespread.
Notes
Introduced annual or short-lived perennial herb, rooting at the nodes, prostrate, usually less than 0.25 m tall. Stems with scattered stellate or simple hairs. Leaves alternating along the stems, about 1.5-5 cm long, 20-30 mm wide, sparsely hairy, margins toothed or scalloped, and usually with broad lobes. Flowers with 5 red to orange petals, each 4-6 mm long, and a yellow to greenish centre. Flowers Sep.–Mar.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Modiola~caroliniana (accessed 24 January, 2021)
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