*Malvastrum coromandelianum * (L.) Garcke - *MAL-vas-trum* -- resembles mallow *kor-oh-man-del-ee-AY-num* -- of or from the Coromandel coast, India
[image: Malvastrum coromandelianum]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1461771973%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcexM9Iy1nkWWd5UK9yjNTyVZ8JLQ> Sep 29, 2007 at Pune *commonly known as*: broom weed, clock plant, false mallow, prickly malvastrum, spiked malvastrum *Native to*: tropical Americas; naturalized pantropically - [image: Prickly Malvastrum]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4171322694%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcNhLyqYycTcTGx4u-mVAX0mpIvUg>... Dec 7, 2009 at Rajguru Nagar near Pune - [image: Broom Weed]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4171516326%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcD0C1Y8clt1fP1C1BdQ0ywsI54og>... Dec 7, 2009 at Rajguru Nagar near Pune - ... for more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Malvastrumcoromandelianum&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags Regards. Dinesh
