Spurred Anoda
Anoda cristata (L.) Schlecht.
Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
▲ seedlings
▲▼ young plants
▲ small mature plant with flower
▲ flower and young fruit
▲▼ fruit structures
Spurred Anoda: (not in Weeds of the Great Plains, nor Weeds of the Northeast)
· Bushy, branched weed growing to about 3-4’ tall and wide, common in southern U.S. (and southern MO) row crops
· Has rough-hairy leaves and stems; leaves are triangular to 3-lobed with smaller teeth/lobes around the margin
· Leaf may have purplish mark near base of blade where it joins the petiole
· Flowers are lavender, about 0.5-1” diameter in axils of leaves
· Fruit is a circular, segmented, flattened fruit, somewhat similar to velvetleaf, but more flattened