View source for Sphaeralcea coccinea

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|accepted_name=Sphaeralcea coccinea
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Rydberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=40: 58. 1913
|year=1913
}}
|common_names=Scarlet or common globemallow
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Malva coccinea
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|publication_title=Cat. Pl. Upper Louisiana, no.
|publication_place=51. 1813
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malvastrum coccineum
|authority=(Nuttall) A. Gray
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sida coccinea
|authority=(Nuttall) de Candolle
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Sphaeralcea;Sphaeralcea coccinea
|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 coccinea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 358, 369
|treatment_page=page 361
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 3–6, ascending or decumbent, light green to grayish, 1–3(–5) dm, stellate- green. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5–10 mm; petals red-orange, 5–20 mm; anthers yellow. <b>Schizocarps</b> flattened spheric-conic; mericarps 10–14, 3–3.5 × 2.5–3 mm, thick, coriaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 10–35% of height, muticous, indehiscent part usually wider than dehiscent part. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per mericarp, gray to black, ± glabrous.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Iowa;Kans.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.Mex.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Sphaeralcea coccinea</i> is variable; it is one of the first sphaeralceas to bloom and is commonly found on roadsides.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=la1978a
|text=La Duke, J. C. and D. K. Northington. 1978. The systematics of Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydberg. SouthW. Naturalist 23: 651–660.
}}
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades: midlobe ± equaling secondary lobes.
|[[Sphaeralcea coccinea var. coccinea|Sphaeralcea coccinea var. coccinea]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades: midlobe longer than secondary lobes.
|[[Sphaeralcea coccinea var. elata|Sphaeralcea coccinea var. elata]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sphaeralcea coccinea
|authority=(Nuttall) Rydberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Malvastrum coccineum;Sida coccinea
|basionyms=Malva coccinea
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Iowa;Kans.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.Mex.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.;n Mexico.
|reference=la1978a
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1913
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_655.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Sphaeralcea
|species=Sphaeralcea coccinea
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