Family: Mallow (Malvaceae)

Description: Erect, herbaceous, short-lived perennial from 1-3 inches tall. The leaves are alternate, lanceolate, and somewhat asymmetrical, averaging 3/4 to 1 inch long and half as wide. The nearly sessile flowers are solitary in the leaf axils and have 5 buff yellow, lobed petals. The flowers measure about 1/2 inch long.

Blooms: All year

Found: In pinelands and hammock margins as well as a weed of lawns and other disturbed sites from the southeastern United States through tropical America and the Old World tropics