Appreciation for the Mallows...

In South Texas and many other tropical areas the cotton,mallow and hibiscus family - Malvaceae - is dominant. Members of this family are marked by a number of key unifying factors - known as *synapomorphies* - that distinguish them as evolutionarily related. Look at the base of the flowers in this series of photographs - You can literally see nectar glistening at the base of many of them. This…