Sphaeralcea procera Ced.Porter

Luna county globemallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sphaeralcea

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems erect, white, 30 dm, densely soft stellate-pubescent. Leaf blades white or yellow, lanceolate or ovate to triangular or cordate, 3-lobed, central lobe larger than laterals, 1–5 cm, rugose, coriaceous, base cuneate, margins irregularly dentate, wavy, surfaces stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences paniculate, narrow, crowded, multiflowered, interrupted, tip leafy; involucellar bractlets green. Flowers: sepals 5 mm; petals rose-purple, 10–13 mm; anthers yellow. Schizocarps helmet-shaped; mericarps usually 10, usually 3 × 2 mm, chartaceous, moderately reticulate dehiscent part 60% of height, tip acute, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part. Seeds 1 per mericarp, gray to black, pubescent.
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:241777-2
WFO ID wfo-0000505425
COL ID 6YWZ3
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Synonyms

Sphaeralcea procera