Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa

(Kearney) Kearney

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

Endemic
Basionym: Sphaeralcea ambigua subsp. rugosa Kearney Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 19: 49. 1935
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 360. Mentioned on page 359.

Leaf-blades markedly rugose. Flowers: petals red-orange; anthers yellow. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Dry washes and rocky areas
Elevation: 10–2600 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

acute;truncate;acute;truncate +
John La Duke +
(Kearney) Kearney +
truncate +  and cordate +
Sphaeralcea ambigua subsp. rugosa +
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. +  and Nev. +
10–2600 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 +
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 +
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 +
Mallow +
Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa +
Sphaeralcea ambigua +
variety +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +