Sphaeralcea coccinea var. elata

(Baker f.) Kearney

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

Endemic
Basionym: Malvastrum coccineum var. elatum Baker f. J. Bot. 29: 171. 1891
Synonyms: M. elatum (Baker f.) A. Nelson M. micranthum Wooton & Standley Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. elata (Baker f.) Kearney S. elata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 362. Mentioned on page 361.

Leaf-blades: midlobe longer than secondary lobes. Mericarps: dehiscent part 10–35% of height. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Rocky, sandy, or silty soil, limestone, gypsum, or igneous substrates, slopes, flats, or washes, desert scrub or shrublands
Elevation: 300–1600 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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acute;truncate;acute;truncate +
John La Duke +
(Baker f.) Kearney +
truncate +  and cordate +
Malvastrum coccineum var. elatum +
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 +
N.Mex. +  and Tex. +
300–1600 m +
sparse;copious +
thread-like +
pistillate +  and staminate +
in axillary cymose racemes +  and fascicled +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Rocky, sandy, or silty soil, limestone, gypsum, or igneous substrates, slopes, flats, or washes, desert scrub or shrublands +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
entire +  and serrate +
crenate;serrate +
2-celled +  and 1-celled +
tan +  and brown +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
wedge--shaped +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
muticous +
adnate +  and distinct +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
J. Wash. Acad. Sci. +
spheric-conic +  and flattened +
gray +  and black +
reniform +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
sessile +  and subsessile +
green +, light green +  and grayish +
decumbent;ascending +
glabrous +, stellate-canescent +  and stellate-silvery-lepidote +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
deciduous +  and persistent +
unbranched +  and branched +
M. elatum +, M. micranthum +, Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. elata +  and S. elata +
Sphaeralcea coccinea var. elata +
Sphaeralcea coccinea +
variety +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +