Sphaeralcea fendleri A.Gray

Thicket globemallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sphaeralcea

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems erect or ascending, usually gray to gray-green or green, sometimes purple to black, (2–)4–7(–10) dm, sparsely to densely canescent or hirsute. Leaf blades green or gray to gray-green, lanceolate to triangular, shallowly to deeply 3-lobed, (1.5–)3–7 cm, not rugose, base truncate to cuneate, margins crenate to dentate, surfaces hirsute or sparsely to densely stellate soft-pubescent. Inflorescences paniculate, narrow, usually crowded, tip leafy or not; involucellar bractlets green to tan. Flowers: sepals 4.5–6(–9) mm; petals red-orange or lavender, 8–13 mm; anthers yellow. Schizocarps cylindric to conic; mericarps 9–16, 4–5.5 × 2–2.5 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 70–80% of height, tip reflexed and cuspidate, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part, sides faintly, very finely reticulate, tips reflexed. Seeds 2 per mericarp, black, pubescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.55
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Forested areas, washes, disturbed sites; at elevations from 900-2,500 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Oral Aid (unspecified), Antihemorrhagic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Sphaeralcea fendleri world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:564520-1
WFO ID wfo-0001076693
COL ID 4YL8G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sphaeroma fendleri Sphaeralcea fendleri Sphaeralcea leiocarpa Sphaeralcea tripartita Sphaeralcea fendleri var. fendleri

Lower taxons

Sphaeralcea fendleri var. tripartita Sphaeralcea fendleri var. perpallida Sphaeralcea fendleri var. albescens Sphaeralcea fendleri var. venusta