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§1 Plant
Melochia pyramidata L.
vernacular pyramidflower — species · Sterculiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Sterculiaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Melochia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 41 counties across 3 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 41 counties across 3 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brewster 48043
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Colorado 48089
- Comal 48091
- Denton 48121
- Duval 48131
- Frio 48163
- Goliad 48175
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- Lampasas 48281
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Nueces 48355
- Presidio 48377
- Refugio 48391
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Waller 48473
- Webb 48479
- Wharton 48481
- Willacy 48489
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MEPY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6686326 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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