Malope trifida, Cav.
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2. M. trifida Cav. View in CoL , Monad. Class. Diss. Dec. 85 (1786).
Annual, glabrous except for marginal cilia on stipules, bracts and sepals. Stem up to 150 cm, single, erect, stout. Leaves up to 8 x1 0 cm, but often much less, long-petiolate, crenate or obtusely dentate, the lower suborbicular, the upper with 3-5 broad, triangular lobes. Epicalyx-segments orbicular-cordate, 12-15 mm in flower, increasing to 30 mm in fruit. Sepals broadly lanceolate to ovate. Petals 35-60 x 20-40 mm, deep purplish-red. S. W. Spain and S.C. Portugal (very local); cultivated for ornament, and casual, or perhaps naturalized, elsewhere. Hs *Lu [Cz Ga Rs]. (A. IF. Africa.)
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Malope trifida
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
M. trifida
| Cav. 1786: 85 |