Botany
Anoda is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. It includes 24 species of herbs, native to the subtropical and tropical Americas from the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) through Mexico, Central America, and western South America to northern Argentina and southern Chile. They are generally erect plants with a variety of leaf shapes, and many bear colorful flowers. Most bear distinctive disk-shaped segmented fruits.
Chasmanthe.
Henri Lecoq.
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