Virginia Sida; Virginia Mallow; Virginia Fanpetals

Ripariosida hermaphrodita

Found in sandy or rocky areas along riverbanks. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 4 Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Watauga Falls — Named place / source context. Shown: Watauga Falls, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Watauga Falls, Illustrator/engraver not confidently attributed; reproduced in Zeigler and Grosscup, The Heart of the Alleghanies (1883), 1883. Public domain. Source record.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 127 animals.

Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Birds. 2 shared habitats
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Birds. 2 shared habitats

All wildlife of Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Malvaceae

Conservation status

Virginia rank	S1
Global rank	Not available
VA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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