Index / Search / Malvaviscus arboreus
§1 Plant
Malvaviscus arboreus Dill. ex Cav.
vernacular wax mallow — species · Malvaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Malvaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Malvaviscus
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 47 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 47 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Florida view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 28 B ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Washington 22117
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 B ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 B ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MAAR14 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3152775 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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