Iliamna remota
Iliamna corei
Kankakee globe-mallow, Kankakee mallow
Core's wild hollyhock, Peter's Mountain mallow
1–2.5 m;
herbage densely to sparsely stellate-hairy.
1–1.5 m;
herbage stellate-hairy.
blades (3-), 5-, or 7-lobed, 6–20 cm wide, lobes broadly triangular-ovate, base truncate to cordate, margins crenate-dentate, sinuses broad, obtuse.
blades 5- or 7-lobed, 5–10 cm wide, terminal lobe triangular, base ± truncate, margins serrate to nearly entire, sinuses narrow, acute.
clusters forming interrupted racemes distally;
involucellar bractlets linear, 6–9 × 1 mm, 1/2–2/3 as long as calyx.
2- or 3-flowered clusters, sometimes solitary flowers, forming interrupted spikes distally;
involucellar bractlets filiform, 6–8 × 1 mm, 1/2–2/3 times as long as calyx.
fragrant;
calyx 12–18 mm, lobes broadly ovate-acuminate, 6–8 mm, ± as wide as long, ± equaling tube;
petals pale rose-purple, 2.5–3 cm.
odorless;
calyx 12 mm, lobes broadly lanceolate, long-acuminate, 6–8 mm, longer than wide, longer than tube;
petals pale pink to deep rose, 2.5 cm.
2 or 3(or 4), dark brown, 3 mm, densely hairy.
2(or 3), dark brown, 2.5 mm, puberulent.
15 mm diam.;
mericarps 15, 10 mm.
12 mm diam.;
mericarps 11–16, 10 mm.
= 66.
Iliamna remota
Iliamna corei
Iliamna remota is known from Langham Island opposite Altorf in the Kankakee River (about nine miles northwest of Kankakee, Illinois), where it persists as the only certain wild locality; it now may occasionally escape from cultivation or deliberate introduction, as apparently was the case of a naturalized population found in the 1940s in swale about two miles east of New Paris, Indiana. It was apparently distributed along railroads by enthusiastic wildflower groups in the last century. Iliamna remota is listed as endangered by the state of Illinois.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
Iliamna corei is known from a single locality on Peters Mountain at Narrows, Virginia. The species is considered critically imperiled globally. Whether it is distinct or not from I. remota, with which it is sometimes allied, has been problematic, but recent genetic studies support their recognition as distinct species (T. A. Bodo Slotta and D. M. Porter 2006).
Iliamna corei is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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