Plant Details

Accepted name:: Modiola caroliniana (L.) G.Don [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carolina bristlemallow	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
malva	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
malva común	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
malvavisco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
mercurio	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pela pela	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pelai-pelai	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pila-pila	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sanalotodo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf + stem		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Modiola multifida Moench Methodus: 620 (1794), nom. superfl.
Abutilodes carolinianum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 65 (1891).
Anoda strictiflora Steud. Flora 39: 437 (1856).
Malva caroliniana L. Sp. Pl.: 688 (1753).
Malva caroliniana var. decumbens (Willd.) Trevir. Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1818: 4 (1818).
Malva caroliniana var. neglecta Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1860: 50 (1860).
Malva decumbens Willd. Enum. Pl.: 731 (1809).
Malva eriocarpa DC. Prodr. 1: 436 (1824).
Malva hawaiensis H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 120 (1911).
Malva juvenalis Lesp. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 6: 647 (1859).
Malva prostrata Cav. Diss. 2: 59 (1786).
Malva radicans Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 219 (1923).
Malva urticifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 276 (1822).
Modanthos caroliniana (L.) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 12 (1863).
Modanthos decumbens (Willd.) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 12 (1863).
Modanthos eriocarpa (DC.) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 12 (1863).
Modanthos prostrata (Cav.) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 12 (1863).
Modanthos reptans (A.St.-Hil.) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 12 (1863).
Modanthos urticifolia (Kunth) Alef. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 12: 12 (1863).
Modiola caroliniana var. brevipes Griseb. Symb. Fl. Argent.: 45 (1879).
Modiola caroliniana var. cumingiana C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11(Suppl.): 58 (1846).
Modiola caroliniana var. erecta Thell. Fl. Adv. Montpellier: 373 (1912).
Modiola caroliniana f. parvula R.E.Fr. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 24(2): 11 (1947).
Modiola decumbens (Willd.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 466 (1831).
Modiola erecta Lesp. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 6: 647 (1859).
Modiola eriocarpa (DC.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 466 (1831).
Modiola fissistipula C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 449 (1845).
Modiola prostrata (Cav.) A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 211 (1827).
Modiola reptans A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 212 (1827).
Modiola urticifolia (Kunth) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 466 (1831).
Modiolastrum jaeggianum K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 278 (1891).
Sphaeralcea caroliniana (L.) Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict.: 298 (1840).
Sphaeralcea decumbens (Willd.) Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict.: 298 (1840).
Sphaeralcea prostrata (Cav.) Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict.: 298 (1840).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Modiola caroliniana (L.) G.Don	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Modiola caroliniana Don	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Modiola multifida	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Modiola multifida Moench.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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