Sphaeralcea laxa Wooton & Standl.

Caliche globemallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sphaeralcea

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems ascending, (2–)4–7(–9) dm, densely gray-or white-tomentose. Leaf blades gray or white, broadly ovate-deltate, 3-lobed or 3-or 5-parted, (1–)1.5–5 cm, not rugose, base typically distinctly truncate (to cordate), margins crenate, surfaces stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences paniculate, open, few-flowered, individual flowers widely spaced, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets red to purple. Flowers: sepals 7–11 mm; petals red-orange, 12–18 mm; anthers usually purple. Schizocarps truncate-ovoid; mericarps 11–16, 4–6 × 2–3 mm, thin-walled, papery, nonreticulate dehiscent part 55–65% of height, tip acute-cuspidate, cusp 1 mm, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part, sides prominently, finely reticulate with ± transparent areolae. Seeds 2 or 3 per mericarp, gray, pubescent. 2n = 10, 20.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:241732-2
WFO ID wfo-0001076684
COL ID 4YL99
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Synonyms

Sphaeralcea laxa Sphaeralcea ribifolia Sphaeralcea incana var. dissecta