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small-leaf globemallow, smallflower globemallow

woolly globemallow

Habit Plants perennial. Plants perennial.
Stems

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

decumbent, whitish, 2–7 dm, soft-pubescent.

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 abaxially white to silvery, adaxially green, deltate-ovate, unlobed or 3-lobed, 4 cm, not rugose, base cordate to truncate, margins broadly 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.

racemose, crowded, few-flowered, tip not leafy;

involucellar bractlets green to purple.

Flowers

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

petals red-orange, 8–14 mm;

anthers yellow.

sepals 8–15 mm;

petals red to red-pink, 15–25 mm;

anthers yellow.

Seeds

1 per mericarp, gray or black, ± pubescent.

2 or 3 per mericarp, brown to black, slightly 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.

hemispheric;

mericarps 18, 4 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60–70% of height, tip acute, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part.

2n

= 10, 20.

Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Sphaeralcea lindheimeri

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering fall–spring.
Habitat Dry slopes Sandy soil, open thickets or roadsides
Elevation 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 ft) 0–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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Discussion

Sphaeralcea lindheimeri has unusually long and soft hairs and is found usually near the coast.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 367. FNA vol. 6, p. 366.
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. grossulariifolia, S. hastulata, S. incana, S. laxa, S. leptophylla, 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
Name authority A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17: 94. (1904) A. Gray: Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 162. (1850)
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