Family: Malvaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability (elevation 0-2000 m; USDA zones 8-11)
  
• Shade tolerant (tolerates partial shade)
  
• Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions
  
• Propagules dispersed intentionally by people
  
• Tolerates mutilation (frequent heavy pruning)

Low Risk Traits:

• Requires specialist pollinators (hummingbirds; flowers do not open)
  
• Not known to exist in the wild (only cultivated)
  
• Sparingly naturalized only in disturbed mesic sites
  
• No evidence of being a garden, agricultural, or environmental weed
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• No allelopathic or parasitic traits
  
• Palatable to animals (used as fodder)
  
• Non-toxic to animals or humans
  
• Produces no viable seed (fruit unknown; propagated by cuttings)
  
• No evidence of vegetative fragmentation or seed dispersal (wind, water, birds, animals)
  
• No persistent seed bank (no seed produced)