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Iliamna latibracteata

broad-bract globemallow, California globe mallow, California wild hollyhock
Stems

1–2 m;

herbage harshly and moderately stellate-hairy.
Leaf

blades deeply (3-), 5-, or 7-lobed, 8–20 cm wide, lobes broadest at middle, base truncate to cordate, margins serrate or irregularly dentate.
Inflorescences

cymes, forming interrupted spikes or racemes;

involucellar bractlets broadly elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 10–14 × 4–6 mm, equaling or exceeding calyx.
Flowers

calyx 8–10 mm, lobes triangular-ovate, 5–8 × 4–5 mm, slightly longer than broad, slightly longer than tube;

petals rose-purple, 2–3 cm.
Seeds

2 or 3, dark brown, 2 mm, puberulent.
Schizocarps

10–15 mm diam.;

mericarps 10–14, 6–8 mm.

Iliamna latibracteata
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Conifer forests, streamsides, sometimes shaded
Elevation 500–2000 m (1600–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

Iliamna latibracteata is distinctive in having large involucral bracts, which more or less envelop the calyx and equal or surpass it in length. It occurs in the Klamath and Siskiyou mountains of Del Norte and Humboldt counties in California, north to Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine counties in Oregon, with an eastern outlying station reported from Mount Shasta, California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 271.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Iliamna
Sibling taxa
I. bakeri, I. corei, I. crandallii, I. grandiflora, I. longisepala, I. remota, I. rivularis
Synonyms Sphaeralcea rivularis var. cismontana
Name authority Wiggins: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 225, plate 20. (1936)
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