Sphaeralcea emoryi
Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 23. 1849.
Plants perennial. Stems erect, gray to gray-green, to 21 dm, glabrous or coarse-canescent. Leaf-blades green to gray-green, ovate-triangular to lanceolate, 3-lobed, 2.5–5.5 cm, not rugose, base cordate to truncate, margins crenate to serrate, surfaces stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences paniculate, proximally open, distally crowded, flowers clustered, tip not leafy; involucellar bractlets green to tan, rarely red. Flowers: sepals 6–8 mm; petals red-orange, pink, or lavender, 10–12 mm; anthers yellow. Schizocarps truncate-conic; mericarps 10–16, 4.5–5 × 2.5 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60% of height, tip acute, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part. Seeds 1 or 2 per mericarp, brown or black, pubescent. 2n = 20, 30, 50.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas
Elevation: (?20–)200–1200 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Sinaloa), Mexico (Sonora)
Discussion
Sphaeralcea emoryi may intergrade with S. angustifolia and S. laxa.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"not wider" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.