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small-leaf globemallow, smallflower globemallow

currant-leaf globemallow, gooseberry-leaf globemallow

Habit Plants perennial. Plants perennial.
Stems

erect, green or gray-green, 1.5–4(–10) dm, white- to yellow-canescent.

erect, green or purple, (2–)6–10 dm, white-canescent or glabrate.

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.

blades green to gray-green or yellow-green, broadly triangular, 3-lobed or pedately divided, tips rounded or acute, 1.7–3.5(–9) cm, not rugose, base cordate to truncate, margins dentate or crenate, surfaces stellate-pubescent.

Inflorescences

paniculate, crowded, flowers clustered with distinct internodes between clusters, tip not leafy;

involucellar bractlets usually green to tan, sometimes red-purple.

paniculate, crowded, flowers solitary or clustered, tip not leafy;

involucellar bractlets green to tan.

Flowers

sepals 6–9 mm, tip not forming distinct beak in bud;

petals red-orange, 8–14 mm;

anthers yellow.

sepals 5–8 mm;

petals red-orange, 8–15 mm;

anthers yellow.

Seeds

1 per mericarp, gray or black, ± pubescent.

1(or 2) per mericarp, gray or black, glabrous or pubescent.

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.

truncate-conic to spheric;

mericarps 10–12, 2.5–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, chartaceous, reticulate dehiscent part 60% of height, tip rounded-acute, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part.

2n

= 10, 20.

= 20.

Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Dry slopes Dry, volcanic, rocky or sandy soil
Elevation 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 ft) 100–2000 m (300–6600 ft)
Distribution
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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AZ; ID; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA
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Discussion

Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia is variable and may include S. fumariensis, S. gierischii, and S. moorei. Material of the latter taxa is limited and although select specimens can be attributed to each, the full morphological range of S. grossulariifolia can readily include these other taxa.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 367. FNA vol. 6, p. 365.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea
Sibling taxa
S. ambigua, S. angustifolia, S. caespitosa, S. coccinea, S. coulteri, S. digitata, S. emoryi, S. fendleri, S. fumariensis, S. gierischii, S. grossulariifolia, S. hastulata, S. incana, S. laxa, S. leptophylla, S. lindheimeri, S. moorei, S. munroana, S. orcuttii, S. pedatifida, S. polychroma, S. procera, S. psoraloides, S. rusbyi, S. wrightii
S. ambigua, S. angustifolia, S. caespitosa, S. coccinea, S. coulteri, S. digitata, S. emoryi, S. fendleri, S. fumariensis, S. gierischii, S. hastulata, S. incana, S. laxa, S. leptophylla, S. lindheimeri, S. moorei, S. munroana, S. orcuttii, S. parvifolia, S. pedatifida, S. polychroma, S. procera, S. psoraloides, S. rusbyi, S. wrightii
Synonyms S. arizonica, S. marginata Sida grossulariifolia, Malvastrum coccineum var. grossulariifolium, M. grossulariifolium, S. grossulariifolia subsp. pedata, S. grossulariifolia var. pedata, S. pedata
Name authority A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17: 94. (1904) (Hooker & Arnott) Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 58. (1913)
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