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Sphaeralcea fumariensis

Smoky Mountain globemallow
Habit Plants perennial.
Stems

ascending, gray-green, red-purple basally, 2–5.5 dm, pubescent.
Leaf

blades gray-green, cordate, pedately divided with usually 5 main lobes, 1–4.5 cm, not rugose, base cordate to truncate, margins entire, surfaces densely stellate-pubescent.
Inflorescences

paniculate, crowded, tip not leafy;

involucellar bractlets reddish.
Flowers

sepals 7.5–12 mm;

petals red-orange, 12–17 mm;

anthers yellow.
Seeds

1(or 2) per mericarp, brown to black, glabrous or stellate-pubescent.
Schizocarps

hemispheric;

mericarps 10–14, 3–4 × 2–3 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 50–65% of height, tip rounded, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part, sides reticulate.

Sphaeralcea fumariensis
Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Alluvium of mudstone, shale, and sandstone formations
Elevation 1300–1700 m (4300–5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Sphaeralcea fumariensis is similar to S. moorei but is notably gray-green pubescent in contrast to the less pubescent and green S. moorei. See 11. S. grossulariifolia for discussion. Sphaeralcea fumariensis is known from Kane County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 364.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea
Sibling taxa
S. ambigua, S. angustifolia, S. caespitosa, S. coccinea, S. coulteri, S. digitata, S. emoryi, S. fendleri, 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
Synonyms S. grossulariifolia var. fumariensis
Name authority (S. L. Welsh & N. D. Atwood) N. D. Atwood & S. L. Welsh: Novon 12: 160. (2002)
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