Sphaeralcea munroana (douglas ex Lindl.) Spach

Munro's globemallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sphaeralcea

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems erect, green to gray-green, 2.5–9 dm, gray-green canescent. Leaf blades green to gray-green, triangular, unlobed or weakly 5-lobed, to 4.5 cm, not rugose, base cuneate to truncate, margins coarsely toothed, surfaces stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences narrowly paniculate, crowded, few–many-flowered, flowers in clusters, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets green to tan. Flowers: sepals 4–9 mm, tips forming weak beak in bud; petals red-orange, 11–14 mm; anthers yellow. Schizocarps spheric; mericarps 12, 3.5–4 × 2.5–3 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 55% of height, tip acute, with reflexed apical cusp, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part. Seeds 1 per mericarp, brown, slightly hairy.
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A herb. The stems are erect and 80 cm tall. The leaves are alternate and triangle shaped. They are 6 cm long. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are in clusters. The petals are orange to red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.65
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Xeric plains and slopes; at elevations from 100-2,300 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. In Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
Light 7-7
Soil humidity 2-2
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use gum
Edible fruits seeds shoots
Therapeutic use -
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 -

Images

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Sphaeralcea munroana unspecified picture
Sphaeralcea munroana unspecified picture

Distribution

Sphaeralcea munroana world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30065491-2
WFO ID wfo-0000505447
COL ID 4YL9R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sphaeralcea munroana Nuttallia munroana Malvastrum munroanum Sphaeralcea subrhomboidea Malveopsis munroana Malva munroana Sphaeralcea munroana subsp. subrhomboidea Sphaeralcea munroana var. munroana Sphaeralcea munroana subsp. munroana Sphaeralcea munroana var. subrhomboidea