Waltheria
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Malvaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Herbs, shrubs or trees, with stellate or simple pubescence. Leaves toothed; stipules narrow. Flowers small, perfect, usually in axillary clusters or small cymes. Involucel of 3 deciduous bracts. Sepals 5, united at the base into a turbinate 10-nerved tube. Petals 5, spatulate, convolute, witheringpersistent. Stamens 5; filaments united below, not accompanied by staminodia; anthers with parallel sacs. Ovary 1-eelled, sessile; style simple, not central; stigma club-shaped or brush-like. Ovules 2 in a cavity. Follicles 1-celled, 2-valved lengthwise. Seed solitary, ascending. Endosperm fleshy. Embryo straight, axile. [In honor of A. F. Walther, Professor in Leipzig.] About 35 American species, mostly tropical. Type species: Waltheria americana L.