Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola

(Jepson) Kearney

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

Common names: Rusby’s desert or panimint mallow
Conservation concernEndemic
Basionym: Sphaeralcea eremicola Jepson Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 635. 1925
Synonyms: S. rusbyi subsp. eremicola (Jepson) Kearney
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 369.

Sepals 13–15 mm, lobes elongate, calyx length 2 times fruit.


Phenology: Flowering May.
Habitat: Rocky limestone
Elevation: 1300–1500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety eremicola is known from the Emigrant Canyon area of Inyo County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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yellow +, usually red +  and purple +
acute;truncate;acute;truncate +
John La Duke +
(Jepson) Kearney +
truncate +  and cordate +
Sphaeralcea eremicola +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
triangular;broadly ovate pedately divided or 3-5-lobed +
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 +
Rusby’s desert or panimint mallow +
1300–1500 m +
sparse;copious +
thread-like +
pistillate +  and staminate +
in axillary cymose racemes +  and fascicled +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Rocky limestone +
crowded +  and paniculate +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
elongate +
crenate;serrate +
2-celled +  and 1-celled +
tan +  and brown +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 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 +
adnate +  and distinct +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering May. +
J. Wash. Acad. Sci. +
truncate-spheric +
black-gray +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
reniform +
persistent +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
sessile +  and subsessile +
gray-green +  and purple +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
deciduous +  and persistent +
unbranched +  and branched +
stellate-pubescent +
S. rusbyi subsp. eremicola +
Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola +
Sphaeralcea rusbyi +
variety +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +