Sphaeralcea parvifolia |
Sphaeralcea coulteri |
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small-leaf globemallow, smallflower globemallow |
annual globemallow, Coulter's globemallow |
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Habit | Plants perennial. | |
Stems | erect, green or gray-green, 1.5–4(–10) dm, white- to yellow-canescent. |
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Leaf | blades gray to green, ovate, unlobed or weakly 3–5-lobed, 1–5.5 cm, not rugose, base cuneate to cordate, margins entire or crenate to serrate, surfaces stellate-pubescent. |
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Inflorescences | paniculate, crowded, flowers clustered with distinct internodes between clusters, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets usually green to tan, sometimes red-purple. |
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Flowers | sepals 6–9 mm, tip not forming distinct beak in bud; petals red-orange, 8–14 mm; anthers yellow. |
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Seeds | 1 per mericarp, gray or black, ± pubescent. |
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Schizocarps | ellipsoid; mericarps 12, 3.5–5.5 × 1.5–3 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60–70% of height, with or without apical cusp, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part. |
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2n | = 10, 20. |
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Sphaeralcea parvifolia |
Sphaeralcea coulteri |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |
Habitat | Dry slopes | |
Elevation | 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 ft) | |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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AZ; CA; Mexico
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 367. | FNA vol. 6, p. 362. |
Parent taxa | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea |
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Synonyms | S. arizonica, S. marginata | Malvastrum coulteri |
Name authority | A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17: 94. (1904) | (S. Watson) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 291. (1887) |
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