Family: Malvaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Able to grow in tropical climates
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by gravity and intentionally by people
  
• Seeds form a persistent seed bank
  
• Able to resprout after cutting and hard pruning

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization (widely cultivated)
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock (although some sources report it to be deer-resistant)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Prefers high light environments (tolerates partial shade)