Flora of North America species comparison

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Sphaeralcea coccinea

common globemallow, scarlet globe-mallow
Habit Plants perennial, rhizomatous.
Stems

3–6, ascending or decumbent, light green to grayish, 1–3(–5) dm, stellate- green.
Flowers

sepals 5–10 mm;

petals red-orange, 5–20 mm;

anthers yellow.
Seeds

1 per mericarp, gray to black, ± glabrous.
Schizocarps

flattened spheric-conic;

mericarps 10–14, 3–3.5 × 2.5–3 mm, thick, coriaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 10–35% of height, muticous, indehiscent part usually wider than dehiscent part.

Sphaeralcea coccinea
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; IA; ID; KS; MT; ND; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; BC; MB; SK; n Mexico
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Sphaeralcea coccinea is variable; it is one of the first sphaeralceas to bloom and is commonly found on roadsides.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Leaf blades: midlobe ± equaling secondary lobes.
var. coccinea
1. Leaf blades: midlobe longer than secondary lobes.
var. elata
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 361.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea
Sibling taxa
S. ambigua, S. angustifolia, S. caespitosa, S. coulteri, S. digitata, S. emoryi, S. fendleri, S. fumariensis, S. gierischii, S. grossulariifolia, S. hastulata, S. incana, S. laxa, S. leptophylla, S. lindheimeri, S. moorei, S. munroana, S. orcuttii, S. parvifolia, S. pedatifida, S. polychroma, S. procera, S. psoraloides, S. rusbyi, S. wrightii
Subordinate taxa
S. coccinea var. coccinea, S. coccinea var. elata
Synonyms Malva coccinea, Malvastrum coccineum, Sida coccinea
Name authority (Nuttall) Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 58. (1913)
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