Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea

(Munz & I. M. Johnston) Kearney

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

Basionym: Sphaeralcea rosacea Munz & I. M. Johnston Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 353. 1923
Synonyms: S. purpurea Parish ex Jepson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 360. Mentioned on page 359.

Leaf-blades wrinkled, not markedly rugose. Flowers: petals lavender, pink, or white; anthers purple to gray.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Dry washes and rocky areas
Elevation: 100–2100 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

purple +  and gray +
acute;truncate;acute;truncate +
John La Duke +
(Munz & I. M. Johnston) Kearney +
truncate +  and cordate +
Sphaeralcea rosacea +
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. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Mexico (Baja California) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
100–2100 m +
sparse;copious +
thread-like +
pistillate +  and staminate +
in axillary cymose racemes +  and fascicled +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Dry washes and rocky areas +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
rugose +  and wrinkled +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
entire +  and serrate +
crenate;serrate +
2-celled +  and 1-celled +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
wedge--shaped +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
white;pink;white;pink;lavender +
adnate +  and distinct +
Flowering spring–summer. +
J. Wash. Acad. Sci. +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
reniform +
persistent +
sessile +  and subsessile +
gray +, yellow-green +  and white +
white-canescent +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
deciduous +  and persistent +
unbranched +  and branched +
S. purpurea +
Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea +
Sphaeralcea ambigua +
variety +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +