Modiola
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|genus = Modiola
|parent_authority = Moench{{GRIN genus | name = Modiola | id = 7697 | accessdate = 21 April 2017}}
|species = caroliniana
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Modiola is a monotypic genus of plants in the mallow family containing the single species Modiola caroliniana, which is known by several common names including bristly-fruited mallow,{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }} Carolina bristlemallow,{{PLANTS|id=MOCA|taxon=Modiola caroliniana|accessdate=28 January 2016}} babosilla, and redflower mallow. It is a creeping perennial which is probably native to South America but which is widely naturalized throughout the tropical and warmer temperate world.
Ecology
Carolina bristlemallow is a grassland weed,{{cite web |url=https://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Modiola/Modiola.php |title=The Modiola Page |access-date=2025-04-22}} commonly occurring in gardens and lawns{{cite web |url=https://www.iewf.org/weedid/Modiola_caroliniana.htm |title=Modiola caroliniana |work=IEWF Weed ID |publisher=International Environmental Weed Foundation |access-date=2025-04-22}} and in moist habitats such as shores of ponds and reserviors.{{cite web |url=https://tbj.ui.ac.ir/article_28626.html?lang=fa |title=A New Record of an alien species Modiola caroliniana (Malvaceae) for the flora of Iran |access-date=2025-04-22}} It can propagate vegetatively by rooting at the nodes,{{cite web |url=https://www.iewf.org/weedid/Modiola_caroliniana.htm |title=Modiola caroliniana |work=IEWF Weed ID |publisher=International Environmental Weed Foundation |access-date=2025-04-22}} and in Australia, seeds have been reported to germinate from the scats of introduced deer but not those of native kangaroos.{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rob-Hunt-5/publication/291389543_Germination_of_native_and_introduced_plants_from_scats_of_Fallow_Deer_Dama_dama_and_Eastern_Grey_Kangaroo_Macropus_giganteus_in_a_south-eastern_Australian_woodland_landscape/links/5fb3272992851cf24cd83ee6/Germination-of-native-and-introduced-plants-from-scats-of-Fallow-Deer-Dama-dama-and-Eastern-Grey-Kangaroo-Macropus-giganteus-in-a-south-eastern-Australian-woodland-landscape.pdf |title=Germination of native and introduced plants from scats of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) and Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) in a south-eastern Australian woodland landscape |access-date=2025-04-22}} It has shown resistance to the herbicide clopyralid{{cite web |url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/19891120798 |title=Turf weed control with clopyralid herbicide |access-date=2025-04-22}}.
Carolina bristlemallow is infected by the rust fungus Puccinia modiolae{{cite web |url=https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-02-19-0303-PDN |title=First Report of Rust on Modiola caroliniana Caused by Puccinia modiolae in California |access-date=2025-04-22}} and the chytrid fungus Synchytrium modioliensis.{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2481810 |title=The Galls of Synchytrium modioliensis |access-date=2025-04-22}}
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5042,5091,5092 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- {{GRIN | Modiola caroliniana | 24510}}
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Modiola+caroliniana Photo gallery]
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Category:Monotypic Malvales genera
Category:Taxa named by Conrad Moench
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