familyMalvaceae
subfamilyMalvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
genusEremalche
speciesEremalche parryi
subspeciesEremalche parryi subsp. parryi
Eremalche parryi subsp. parryi
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 248.
Pedicels usually 2–8 cm in flower; involucellar bractlets 7–10(–15) mm. Flowers bisexual; calyx 10–14 mm, lobes 8–11 × 2.5–4 mm; petals mauve, 15–25 mm, exceeding calyx. Mericarps 14–22. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring.
Habitat: Valleys, foothills
Elevation: 30–1500 m
Discussion
Subspecies parryi occurs in the South Coast Ranges through the northern portions of the Transverse Ranges to the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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