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small-leaf globemallow, smallflower globemallow

Munro's desert-mallow, Munro's globemallow, munroe's globe-mallow, orange globe mallow, white-stem globe-mallow

Habit Plants perennial. Plants perennial.
Stems

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

erect, green to gray-green, 2.5–9 dm, gray-green canescent.

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, triangular, unlobed or weakly 5-lobed, to 4.5 cm, not rugose, base cuneate to truncate, margins coarsely toothed, 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.

narrowly paniculate, crowded, few–many-flowered, flowers in clusters, 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 4–9 mm, tips forming weak beak in bud;

petals red-orange, 11–14 mm;

anthers yellow.

Seeds

1 per mericarp, gray or black, ± pubescent.

1 per mericarp, brown, slightly hairy.

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.

spheric;

mericarps 12, 3.5–4 × 2.5–3 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 55% of height, tip acute, with reflexed apical cusp, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part.

2n

= 10, 20.

Sphaeralcea parvifolia

Sphaeralcea munroana

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Dry slopes Xeric plains and slopes
Elevation 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 ft) 100–2300 m (300–7500 ft)
Distribution
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; UT
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from FNA
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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Discussion

Sphaeralcea munroana and S. parvifolia are difficult to distinguish and may be conspecific. Sphaeralcea parvifolia is more southern and smaller overall; S. munroana is more northern and more robust.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 367. FNA vol. 6, p. 367.
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. lindheimeri, S. moorei, S. orcuttii, S. parvifolia, S. pedatifida, S. polychroma, S. procera, S. psoraloides, S. rusbyi, S. wrightii
Synonyms S. arizonica, S. marginata Malva munroana, M. creeana, Malvastrum munroanum, Malveopsis munroana, Nuttallia munroana, S. munroana subsp. subrhomboidea, S. munroana var. subrhomboidea, S. subrhomboidea
Name authority A. Nelson: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17: 94. (1904) (Douglas ex Lindley) Spach: Hist. Nat. Vég. 14: 403. (1847)
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