Sphaeralcea hastulata

A. Gray

Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 17. 1852.

Common names: Spear globemallow
Synonyms: Sphaeralcea arenaria Wooton & Standley S. glabrescens Wooton & Standley S. martii Cockerell S. pumila Wooton & Standley S. simulans Wooton & Standley S. subhastata J. M. Coulter S. subhastata subsp. connata Kearney S. subhastata var. connata (Kearney) Kearney S. subhastata subsp. martii (Cockerell) Kearney S. subhastata var. martii (Cockerell) Kearney S. subhastata subsp. pumila (Wooton & Standley) Kearney S. subhastata var. pumila (Wooton & Standley) Kearney S. subhastata subsp. thyrsoidea Kearney S. subhastata var. thyrsoidea (Kearney) Kearney
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 365. Mentioned on page 358, 359.

Plants perennial. Stems ascending to decumbent, green to gray-green, 1–3 (–5) dm, canescent. Leaf-blades green to gray-green, oblong-ovate to ovatelanceolate, unlobed, lobed, or pedately divided, (1–) 2–6 cm, not rugose, base cuneate to cordate, margins entire, crenate, or dentate, usually green or tan, surfaces stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences paniculate or racemose, open or crowded, flowers clustered or solitary, tip leafy or not; involucellar bractlets green to tan. Flowers: sepals 4–11 mm, tips forming beak in bud; petals red-orange, pink, or purple, 10–20 mm; anthers yellow or purple. Schizocarps widely conic; mericarps 10–30, 3–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm, thickish, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60–80% of height, tip obtuse to acute, usually muticous (to mucronate to cuspidate), cusp 1–2 mm, indehiscent part sometimes wider than dehiscent part. Seeds 1 or 2 per mericarp, brown or black, glabrous or pubescent. 2n = 10, 30.


Phenology: Flowering early spring–fall.
Habitat: Plains, alkaline or gypsum areas
Elevation: 800–2100 m

Distribution

V6 669-distribution-map.jpg

Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

T. H. Kearney (1935) recognized subspecies of Sphaeralcea hastulata; the subspecies are not clearly and consistently distinguishable and are herein combined.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified."sometimes wider" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Sphaeralcea hastulata"
purple +  and yellow +
acute;truncate;acute;truncate +
John La Duke +
A. Gray +
cuneate +  and cordate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
green +  and gray-green +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
oblong-ovate;ovatelanceolate unlobed lobed or pedately divided +
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 +
Spear globemallow +
1mm +  and 2mm +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (Sonora) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
800–2100 m +
sparse;copious +
thread-like +
pistillate +  and staminate +
in axillary cymose racemes +  and fascicled +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Plains, alkaline or gypsum areas +
crowded +, racemose +  and paniculate +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
entire +  and serrate +
tan +  and green +
dentate;crenate;dentate;crenate;entire +
2-celled +  and 1-celled +
tan +  and brown +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
wedge--shaped +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
purple;pink;purple;pink;red-orange +
adnate +  and distinct +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering early spring–fall. +
Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. +
black +  and brown +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
reniform +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
sessile +  and subsessile +
green +  and gray-green +
ascending;decumbent +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
deciduous +  and persistent +
unbranched +  and branched +
stellate-pubescent +
Sphaeralcea arenaria +, S. glabrescens +, S. martii +, S. pumila +, S. simulans +, S. subhastata +, S. subhastata subsp. connata +, S. subhastata var. connata +, S. subhastata subsp. martii +, S. subhastata var. martii +, S. subhastata subsp. pumila +, S. subhastata var. pumila +, S. subhastata subsp. thyrsoidea +  and S. subhastata var. thyrsoidea +
Sphaeralcea hastulata +
Sphaeralcea +
species +
not +  and leafy +
muticous +, obtuse +  and acute +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +