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§1 Plant
Waltheria indica L.
vernacular uhaloa — species · Sterculiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Sterculiaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Waltheria
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 31 counties across 5 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 31 counties across 5 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/WAIN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5406665 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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