Difference between revisions of "Sphaeralcea coccinea"

(Nuttall) Rydberg

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 58. 1913.

Common names: Scarlet or common globemallow
Selected by author to be illustrated
Basionym: Malva coccinea Nuttall Cat. Pl. Upper Louisiana, no. 51. 1813
Synonyms: Malvastrum coccineum (Nuttall) A. Gray Sida coccinea (Nuttall) de Candolle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 361. Mentioned on page 358, 369.
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Plants perennial, rhizomatous. Stems 3–6, ascending or decumbent, light green to grayish, 1–3(–5) dm, stellate- green. Flowers: sepals 5–10 mm; petals red-orange, 5–20 mm; anthers yellow. Schizocarps 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. Seeds 1 per mericarp, gray to black, ± glabrous.

Distribution

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w, c North America, n Mexico.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Sphaeralcea coccinea is variable; it is one of the first sphaeralceas to bloom and is commonly found on roadsides.

Key

1 Leaf blades: midlobe ± equaling secondary lobes. Sphaeralcea coccinea var. coccinea
1 Leaf blades: midlobe longer than secondary lobes. Sphaeralcea coccinea var. elata