Modiola (bristly-mallow)

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Malvaceae > Modiola (bristly-mallow)
	Bristly-Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) Edge of weedy lawn, Alamance Co., NC 12 Apr 2020 iPhone photo. This is almost certainly a caterpillar food plant for a local population of Common Checkered-Skippers that are indeed quite common at this spot
	Bristly-Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) Edge of weedy lawn, Alamance Co., NC 12 Apr 2020 iPhone photo

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.