Sphaeralcea fendleri var. albescens

(Kearney) Kearney

J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 29: 486. 1939.

Basionym: Sphaeralcea fendleri subsp. albescens Kearney Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 62. 1935
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 364. Mentioned on page 363.

Stems gray-green, stellate-pubescent. Leaf-blades gray-green, surfaces densely soft white-pubescent. Petals usually lavender. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Washes, disturbed sites
Elevation: 1000–1100 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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acute;truncate;acute;truncate +
John La Duke +
(Kearney) Kearney +
truncate +  and cuneate +
Sphaeralcea fendleri subsp. albescens +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
gray +  and gray-green +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
lanceolate;triangular +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
ovate +  and triangular trullate or cordate unlobed or pedately dissected +
truncate-spheric +, helmet--shaped +, short-urceolate +, ellipsoid +, truncate-ovoid +, spheric +, truncate-conic +, conic +, hemispheric +, flattened-spheric-conic +, flattened-spheric +, ovoid +, cylindric +  and inflated +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Ariz. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
1000–1100 m +
sparse;copious +
thread-like +
pistillate +  and staminate +
in axillary cymose racemes +  and fascicled +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Washes, disturbed sites +
crowded +  and paniculate +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
entire +  and serrate +
crenate;dentate +
2-celled +  and 1-celled +
tan +  and brown +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
wedge--shaped +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
lavender;red-orange +
adnate +  and distinct +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Flowering summer–fall. +
J. Wash. Acad. Sci. +
cylindric +  and conic +
reniform +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
sessile +  and subsessile +
gray-green +
ascending;erect +
stellate-pubescent +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
deciduous +  and persistent +
unbranched +  and branched +
white-pubescent +
Mallow +
Sphaeralcea fendleri var. albescens +
Sphaeralcea fendleri +
variety +
not +  and leafy +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +