Napaea dioica L.

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of U.S.A.
MALVACEAE Napaea dioica L.	Male.
Vigorous herb with numerous stems from base, to 2 m.
tall. Flowers white, blooming for much of the summer,
for a month or more after the female flowers are
finished. Cultivated in garden, a perennial herb.
Transplanted several years ago from native population in
floodplain prairie along Pine River, \ mile to the SW,
T 10 N; R 1 E; SE*NW* sec. 35.
WISCONSIN: Richland Co., 3 miles SE of Richland Center.
T 10 N; R 1 E; NE^NE* sec. 35.	alt. 225 m.
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