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Kankakee globe-mallow, Kankakee mallow

large-flower wild hollyhock

Stems

1–2.5 m;

herbage densely to sparsely stellate-hairy.

1–2 m;

herbage sparsely stellate-pubescent to glabrate.

Leaf

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 deeply 5- or 7-lobed, 6–13 cm wide, lobes lanceolate to triangular, middle lobe ± equaling to 2 times length of lateral lobes, base truncate to cordate, margins coarsely dentate.

Inflorescences

clusters forming interrupted racemes distally;

involucellar bractlets linear, 6–9 × 1 mm, 1/2–2/3 as long as calyx.

clusters forming interrupted spikes to racemes;

involucellar bractlets lanceolate-ovate, 8–12 × 2–3 mm, 3/4 as long as calyx.

Flowers

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.

calyx 11–18 mm, lobes triangular-ovate, 8–10 × 5–8 mm, broader than long, exceeding tube, densely villous-hirsute;

petals pink, drying purplish, 2–3 cm.

Seeds

2 or 3(or 4), dark brown, 3 mm, densely hairy.

2 or 3, dark brown, 2.5–3 mm, muricate, with few simple hairs.

Schizocarps

15 mm diam.;

mericarps 15, 10 mm.

12–15 mm diam.;

mericarps 12, 10 mm.

2n

= 66.

Iliamna remota

Iliamna grandiflora

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Open woods and rocky slopes, riverbanks, shores and gravel bars of rivers, abandoned cultivated fields in sandy clay loam Wet mountain meadows, open woodlands, stream courses
Elevation 100–200 m (300–700 ft) 2000–2700 m (6600–8900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
IL; IN; VA
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AZ; CO; NM; UT
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Discussion

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.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 270. FNA vol. 6, p. 271.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Iliamna Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Iliamna
Sibling taxa
I. bakeri, I. corei, I. crandallii, I. grandiflora, I. latibracteata, I. longisepala, I. rivularis
I. bakeri, I. corei, I. crandallii, I. latibracteata, I. longisepala, I. remota, I. rivularis
Synonyms Phymosia remota, Sphaeralcea remota Sphaeralcea grandiflora, I. angulata, Phymosia grandiflora
Name authority Greene: Leafl. Bot. Obs. Crit. 1: 206. (1906) (Rydberg) Wiggins: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 223. (1936)
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