familyMalvaceae
subfamilyMalvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
genusSidalcea
speciesSidalcea asprella
subspeciesSidalcea asprella subsp. nana

Sidalcea asprella subsp. nana

(Jepson) S. R. Hill

Madroño 56: 105. 2009.

Steven R. Hill
Common names: Dwarf harsh checkerbloom
Endemic
Basionym: Sidalcea reptans var. nana Jepson Fl. Calif. 2: 489. 1936
Synonyms: S. malviflora subsp. nana (Jepson) C. L. Hitchcock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 326. Mentioned on page 325.
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Plants 0.1–0.3 (–0.4) m, with caudex or not, with rhizomes freely rooting, 5–20 cm × 2 (–3) mm. Stems decumbent-ascending to erect, sometimes proximally prostrate, rooting, not brittle, densely, harshly stellate-puberulent to glabrate, hairs 0.1–0.5 (–0.7) mm, usually less dense distally. Leaves mostly basal, cauline 1–3+, gradually reduced distally; petioles of proximal leaves 5–10 cm, 1–4 times as long as blade, those of distal leaves 1/2 times to as long as blade; blades: basal usually palmately 7-lobed, or deeply crenate, 2.2–2.7 (–4) × 2–2.3 (–4) cm, base cordate or sinus wide to narrow, apex rounded, cauline deeply 3–7-lobed, 1.5–3 cm, lobes usually apically 3-toothed or distalmost entire, surfaces hairy, more densely stellate-puberulent adaxially, hairs usually 2–4-rayed (simple), bristly. Inflorescences ascending, usually unbranched, subscapose, usually 1-sided, pistillate usually 9–14-flowered, bisexual 2–9 (–19) -flowered; bracts linear to lanceolate, stipulelike, 2–2.5 (–4) mm, shorter than to as long as pedicel. Pedicels 3–4 mm. Flowers: calyx 5–7 (–12) mm; petals pink, pistillate 9–11 mm, bisexual 15–20 (–28) mm; stigmas 7 or 8. Schizocarps 7–8 mm diam.; mericarps 7 or 8, 4 mm, reticulate-rugose-veined, sides and back pitted, mucro 1 mm, with few minute bristles. Seeds 2.8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Open woodlands, grassy margins, yellow pine-Douglas fir forests, usually serpentine
Elevation: 400–1900 m

Distribution

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Calif., Oreg.

Discussion

Subspecies nana has been confused with subsp. asprella, Sidalcea celata, S. elegans, and S. glaucescens and has been placed within S. malviflora. The type specimen (Jepson 14061) has small individuals with only two or three flowers and long rhizomes, and it does superficially resemble S. reptans, as Jepson suggested, but more robust individuals have more flowers and clearly show vegetative and reproductive similarity to subsp. asprella.

Subspecies nana occurs from California in the northern Sierra Nevada to southwestern Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Sidalcea asprella subsp. nana"
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Androecium architecture
monadelphous +
Androgynophore presence
absent +
Anther coloration
white +
Apex shape
rounded +
Appendage shape
clawlike +
Author
Steven R. Hill +
Authority
(Jepson) S. R. Hill +
Basal blade atypical length
2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Basal blade atypical width
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Basal blade length
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
Basal blade shape
crenate +  and 7-lobed +
Basal blade width
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
Base arrangement
adjacent +
Base shape
cordate +
Basionyms
Sidalcea reptans var. nana +
Blade architecture
veined +
Blade architecture or shape
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
Blade position
halfway +
Blade shape
dissected +, lobed +  and unlobed +
Blade usually
3-7-lobed +
Bract atypical some measurement
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Bract height or length or size
shorter +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract shape
stipule-like +, linear +  and lanceolate +
Bract some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Bractlet presence
absent +
Bristle quantity
few +
Bristle size
minute +
Calyx architecture
2-15(-30)-flowered +, branched +  and unbranched +
Calyx arrangement
not overlapping +
Calyx atypical some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Calyx pubescence
stellate-puberulent +
Calyx shape
elongate +
Calyx some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Carpel dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Cauline blade shape
3-7-lobed +
Cauline blade some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Cauline leaf quantity
1 (3) +
Cauline leaf size
reduced +
Cell quantity
2;3;5 +
Common name
Dwarf harsh checkerbloom +
Cotyledon architecture or shape
folded +
Distalmost blade architecture or shape
entire +
Distribution
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
Elevation
400–1900 m +
Endosperm quantity
sparse;copious +
Filament fusion
connate +
Flower architecture
pistillate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower coloration
darker +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Flower some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Gynoecium architecture
syncarpous +
Habitat
Open woodlands, grassy margins, yellow pine-Douglas fir forests, usually serpentine +
Hair architecture
both +  and simple +
Hair arrangement or shape
stellate +
Hair atypical some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
Hair density
dense +
Hair pubescence
bristly +
Hair relief
coarse +
Hair size
larger +  and minute +
Hair some measurement
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Linny Heagy +
Inflorescence architecture
2-9(-19)-flowered +, 9-14-flowered +, pistillate +, subscapose +  and unbranched +
Inflorescence orientation
ascending +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence reproduction
bisexual +
Inner bark texture
tough-fibrous +
Involucel atypical quantity
5 (8) +
Involucel duration
deciduous +
Involucel fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Involucel presence
absent +
Involucel quantity
5 +
Leaf architecture
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +  and alternate +
Leaf arrangement or course
spiral +
Leaf petiole length
1/2 times to as long as blade +  and 1-4 times as long as blade +
Leaf petiole some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Leaf position
basal +
Lobe shape
3-toothed +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
toothed;crenate +
Mericarp architecture
reticulate-rugose-veined +
Mericarp quantity
8;7 +
Mericarp relief
Glandularpuberulent (Back pitted) +
Mericarp shape
wedge--shaped +
Mericarp some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Mucro some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Nectaries glandular-hair presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
3-40-carpellate +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule quantity
(1-)2-many +
Pedicel atypical some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Pedicel some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Petal architecture
pistillate +
Petal atypical some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
Petal coloration
pink +
Petal fusion
adnate +  and distinct +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal reproduction
bisexual +
Petal some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Petiole atypical some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Petiole length or size
1-4 times longer +
Petiole some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). +
Plant arrangement
adjacent +
Primary-vein architecture
palmate +
Proximal and distal cauline blade length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Proximal and distal cauline blade shape
Rounded (Reniform) +
Publication title
Madroño +
Publication year
2009 +
Reference
None +
Rhizome architecture
rooting +
Rhizome architecture or arrangement
compact +
Rhizome atypical length
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Rhizome depth
shallow +
Rhizome length
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +  and 30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (?) +
Rhizome texture
fibrous +
Rhizome width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Root arrangement or growth form
clustered +
Root texture
fleshy +
Rootstock architecture
freely-rooting +
Rootstock atypical length
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Rootstock length
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Rootstock texture
fibrous +
Rootstock width
2mm;4mm +
Schizocarp diameter
7mm +  and 8mm +
Seed pubescence
hairy +  and glabrous +
Seed quantity
2;30 +
Seed shape
reniform +
Seed some measurement
2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br /> (?) +
Segment architecture or shape
folliclelike +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Side relief
pitted +
Side some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Sinus width
wide +  and narrow +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
Species architecture
sessile +  and subsessile +
Stamen atypical quantity
100 (1500) +
Stamen quantity
5;many +
Staminal column fusion
connate +
Staminal column life cycle
falling +
Staminal column pubescence
stellate-puberulent +
Staminal column shape
toothed +
Staminal column some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Staminode presence
absent +
Staminode quantity
5 +
Stem architecture
rooting +
Stem architecture or shape
stolonlike +
Stem fragility
not brittle +
Stem growth form or orientation
prostrate +
Stem orientation
decumbent-ascending;erect +
Stem presence
absent +
Stem pubescence
harshly stellate-puberulent +  and glabrate +
Stem quantity
single +
Stigma architecture or shape
truncate +
Stigma quantity
8 +  and 7 +
Stigma shape
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
Stigma size or quantity
1-2 times number of carpels +
Stipule length
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Stipule shape
linear +  and lanceolate +
Stipule width
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (?) +
Style architecture
unbranched +  and branched +
Style quantity
1 +
Surface pubescence
stellate-puberulent +  and hairy +
Synonyms
S. malviflora subsp. nana +
Taxon family
Malvaceae +
Taxon name
Sidalcea asprella subsp. nana +
Taxon parent
Sidalcea asprella +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Volume
Volume 6 +
Whole organism atypical some measurement
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Whole organism atypical width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Whole organism coating
mucilaginous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism length
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Whole organism orientation
erect +
Whole organism pubescence
glaucous +
Whole organism reproduction
gynodioecious +
Whole organism some measurement
0.1m (0.3m) +
Whole organism width
2 +