Sphaeralcea leptophylla

(A. Gray) Rydberg

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 59. 1913.

Basionym: Malvastrum leptophyllum A. Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 17. 1852
Synonyms: Malveopsis leptophylla (A. Gray) Kuntze Sphaeralcea janeae (S. L. Welsh) S. L. Welsh S. leptophylla var. janeae S. L. Welsh
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 366. Mentioned on page 357.

Plants perennial. Stems ascending, white to silvery, 1–4 (–6) dm, silvery stellate-lepidote. Leaf-blades white to silvery, linear to triangular, mostly unlobed, proximalmost blades 3-parted, rarely with nonfiliform lobes, 1–3.5 cm, not rugose, base truncate to cuneate, margins entire, surfaces silvery stellate-lepidote. Inflorescences racemose, lax, open, 3–12-flowered, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets silvery-lepidote. Flowers: sepals 4.5–5.5 (–7) mm; petals red-orange, 8–15 mm; anthers yellow. Schizocarps flattened-spheric to conic; mericarps 7–9, 2.5–3.5 × 2–3 mm, thick-coriaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 20–40% of height, tip muticous-mucronulate, indehiscent part usually wider than dehiscent part, sides coarsely reticulate. Seeds 1 per mericarp, brown, usually glabrous. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Dry rocky areas
Elevation: 1500–1800 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Nev., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Sphaeralcea leptophylla"
acute;truncate;acute;truncate +
John La Duke +
(A. Gray) Rydberg +
truncate +  and cuneate +
Malvastrum leptophyllum +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
ovate +  and triangular trullate or cordate unlobed or pedately dissected +
silvery-lepidote +
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. +, Colo. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
1500–1800 m +
sparse;copious +
thread-like +
pistillate +  and staminate +
in axillary cymose racemes +  and fascicled +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Dry rocky areas +
3-12-flowered +  and open +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
white +  and silvery +
unlobed +, linear +  and triangular +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
crenate;serrate +
2-celled +  and 1-celled +
tan +  and brown +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
wedge--shaped +
thick-coriaceous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
adnate +  and distinct +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer. +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
flattened-spheric +  and conic +
reniform +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
sessile +  and subsessile +
silvery +  and white +
stellate-lepidote +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
deciduous +  and persistent +
unbranched +  and branched +
stellate-lepidote +
Malveopsis leptophylla +, Sphaeralcea janeae +  and S. leptophylla var. janeae +
Sphaeralcea leptophylla +
Sphaeralcea +
species +
muticous-mucronulate +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +