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Chocolateweed (Melochia corchorifolia)

Credit: J.M.Garg | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
Credit: J.M.Garg | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL

Melochia Corchorifolia, or more commonly know as Chocolateweed, is a subshrub forb/herb of the genus Melochia. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Melochia Corchorifolia or Chocolateweed's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina and Texas.

Category: Dicot
Genus: Melochia
Family: Sterculiaceae
Order: Malvales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Subshrub Forb/herb
Native Status: L48 (I)
PLANTS Invasive Status: SWSS
National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC FACW-
Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(NI) 2(FAC) 3(NI) 6(FACW-)

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Chocolateweed (Melochia corchorifolia)

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