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Wright's globemallow

palmleaf globemallow

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

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
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion

Sphaeralcea pedatifida has finely divided, thin leaves. It is known from western Texas.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 369. FNA vol. 6, p. 368.
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. parvifolia, S. pedatifida, S. polychroma, S. procera, S. psoraloides, S. rusbyi
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. parvifolia, S. polychroma, S. procera, S. psoraloides, S. rusbyi, S. wrightii
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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