Sphaeralcea wrightii |
Sphaeralcea pedatifida |
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Wright's globemallow |
palmleaf globemallow |
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Habit | Plants perennial. | Plants perennial. |
Stems | ascending to erect, gray-green, 2–5(–7.5) dm, canescent to tomentose. |
erect, green to light gray, 1.5–3 dm, stellate-pubescent. |
Leaf | blades gray-green, widely ovate or triangular to orbiculate, all but proximalmost deeply pedately divided, (1–)2–4 cm, not rugose, base truncate to cordate, margins entire, surfaces stellate-pubescent. |
blades green to light gray, triangular, pedately divided, lobes relatively narrow, 1–2.8 cm, not rugose, base truncate to cordate, margins coarsely toothed, surfaces green to light gray stellate-canescent. |
Inflorescences | racemose or paniculate, narrow, open, few–many-flowered, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets green to tan. |
racemose, open, few-flowered, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets green to tan. |
Flowers | sepals 6–7 mm, not forming beak; petals lavender, red-orange, or pink, 10–13.5(–18) mm; anthers yellow or purple. |
sepals 6–8 mm; petals red-orange, 8–12 mm; anthers yellow. |
Seeds | 2 per mericarp, black, pubescent. |
1 per mericarp, brown to black, glabrous or pubescent. |
Schizocarps | hemispheric to truncate-conic; mericarps 12–15, 4–7 × 2.5–3 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 55–65% of height, with prominent ventral beak, tip acutish, cuspidate, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part, sides prominently reticulate. |
hemispheric to flat-hemispheric; mericarps 15–20, 4 × 2–2.4 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60–75% of height, tip acute, indehiscent part wider than dehiscent part. |
2n | = 20. |
= 10. |
Sphaeralcea wrightii |
Sphaeralcea pedatifida |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring–fall. |
Habitat | Dry rocky areas | Sandy or rocky slopes |
Elevation | 1200 m (3900 ft) | 50–200 m (200–700 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas) |
Discussion | Sphaeralcea pedatifida has finely divided, thin leaves. It is known from western Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 369. | FNA vol. 6, p. 368. |
Parent taxa | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea |
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Synonyms | Malvastrum pedatifidum, Sidalcea atacosa | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 21. (1853) | (A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 291. (1887) |
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