Sphaeralcea lindheimeri A.Gray

Woolly globemallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sphaeralcea

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems decumbent, whitish, 2–7 dm, soft-pubescent. Leaf blades abaxially white to silvery, adaxially green, deltate-ovate, unlobed or 3-lobed, 4 cm, not rugose, base cordate to truncate, margins broadly crenate, surfaces stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences racemose, crowded, few-flowered, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets green to purple. Flowers: sepals 8–15 mm; petals red to red-pink, 15–25 mm; anthers yellow. Schizocarps hemispheric; mericarps 18, 4 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60–70% of height, tip acute, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part. Seeds 2 or 3 per mericarp, brown to black, slightly pubescent.
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Growth form herb
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Distribution

Sphaeralcea lindheimeri world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:564543-1
WFO ID wfo-0001077162
COL ID 4YL9C
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Synonyms

Sphaeroma lindheimeri Sphaeralcea lindheimeri