View source for Physocarpus malvaceus

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|accepted_name=Physocarpus malvaceus
|accepted_authority=(Greene) Kuntze
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|place=1: 219. 1891
|year=1891
}}
|common_names=Mallow-leaved or mallow nine-bark
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Neillia malvacea
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|publication_title=Pittonia
|publication_place=2: 30. 1889
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opulaster pauciflorus
|authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Heller
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Physocarpus pauciflorus
|authority=(Torrey & A. Gray) Piper
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Neillieae;Physocarpus;Physocarpus malvaceus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Neillieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Physocarpus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Physocarpus malvaceus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 348, 350
|treatment_page=page 349
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 20 dm. <b>Stems</b> spreading, brown becoming grayish black, glabrous or finely stellate-hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules oblong to elliptic or obovate, 6 × 2.5 mm, base broad, apex rounded and erose to apiculate or acute; petiole 1–2.5(–3) cm; blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, 2–6 × 2.5–6 cm, sometimes wider than long, base truncate to slightly cordate, 3- or 5-lobed, clefts between lobes may be shallow to deep, margins doubly crenate to doubly serrate, apex rounded, obtuse, or acute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy (more so on abaxial veins). <b>Inflorescences</b> 15–20-flowered, fairly dense, hemispheric racemes, 2.5–4 cm diam.; bracts narrowly obovate to spatulate, 4.5 mm, apex erose or acute. <b>Pedicels</b> 8–15 mm, densely stellate-hairy. <b>Flowers</b> 5–8 mm diam.; hypanthium campanulate, 1.5–2 mm, densely stellate-hairy; sepals triangular to ovate, 2–3 mm, apex gland-tipped, surfaces densely stellate-hairy; petals white, broadly elliptic to obovate or orbiculate, 4.5 × 4.5 mm; stamens ca. 30, equal to or slightly exceeding petals; carpels 2(3), connate at least 1/2 their lengths, densely stellate-hairy. <b>Follicles</b> 2(3), ovoid, flattened, 2.5 mm (lengths not exceeding sepals), keeled apically, densely stellate-hairy, hairs white; styles 2.5–3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 1 or 2, pyriform, 1.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug.
|habitat=Rocky canyon slopes and cliffs, open grassy slopes, dry open forests among Pinus, Juniperus, Pseudotsuga, Picea, and Populus
|elevation=500–2800 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Physocarpus malvaceus</i> deserves to be more widely cultivated.</p>
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name=Physocarpus malvaceus
|authority=(Greene) Kuntze
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Opulaster pauciflorus;Physocarpus pauciflorus
|basionyms=Neillia malvacea
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug.
|habitat=Rocky canyon slopes and cliffs, open grassy slopes, dry open forests among Pinus, Juniperus, Pseudotsuga, Picea, and Populus
|elevation=500–2800 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1891
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_575.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Neillieae
|genus=Physocarpus
|species=Physocarpus malvaceus
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