View source for Sphaeralcea incana

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|accepted_name=Sphaeralcea incana
|accepted_authority=Torrey ex A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|place=4: 23. 1849
|year=1849
}}
|common_names=Gray globemallow
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphaeralcea incana subsp. cuneata
|authority=Kearney
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. incana var. cuneata
|authority=(Kearney) Kearney
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Sphaeralcea;Sphaeralcea incana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sphaeralcea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sphaeralcea incana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 358, 366
|treatment_page=page 365
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial. <b>Stems</b> 3–5(–7), erect, yellow to yellow-green, (4–)6–18(–30) dm, rubbery when fresh, sometimes appearing slightly ridged or fasciated when dry, densely canescent. <b>Leaf</b> blades light green to yellow-green, deltate or elongate-deltate, unlobed or weakly 3-lobed, center lobe sometimes elongate, lobes relatively broad, 3–5(–7) cm, not rugose, rubbery, base cuneate or truncate to cordate, margins entire or crenulate to undulate, surfaces stellate-pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate, crowded, flowers long-interrupted, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets green to tan. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 3.5–6.5 mm, spheric in bud; petals red-orange to pale red, 10–17 mm; anthers yellow. <b>Schizocarps</b> hemispheric; mericarps 11–15, 4–5.5 × 2–2.5 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60–75% of height, tip reflexed, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part, sides faintly to prominently and finely reticulate with thin-translucent areolae. <b>Seeds</b> 2 per mericarp, brown, glabrous or pubescent. <b>2n</b> = 10, 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Sandy areas
|elevation=1000–1900 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Sphaeralcea incana</i> is often seen in relatively small groups. Fresh stems tend to be very rubbery and flower buds notably rounded.</p>
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name=Sphaeralcea incana
|authority=Torrey ex A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sphaeralcea incana subsp. cuneata;S. incana var. cuneata
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Sandy areas
|elevation=1000–1900 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s.
|publication year=1849
|special status=
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Sphaeralcea
|species=Sphaeralcea incana
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