Sphaeralcea incana
gray globemallow, soft globe-mallow
3–5(–7), erect, yellow to yellow-green, (4–)6–18(–30) dm, rubbery when fresh, sometimes appearing slightly ridged or fasciated when dry, densely canescent.
blades light green to yellow-green, deltate or elongate-deltate, unlobed or weakly 3-lobed, center lobe sometimes elongate, lobes relatively broad, 3–5(–7) cm, not rugose, rubbery, base cuneate or truncate to cordate, margins entire or crenulate to undulate, surfaces stellate-pubescent.
paniculate, crowded, flowers long-interrupted, tip not leafy;
involucellar bractlets green to tan.
sepals 3.5–6.5 mm, spheric in bud;
petals red-orange to pale red, 10–17 mm;
anthers yellow.
2 per mericarp, brown, glabrous or pubescent.
hemispheric;
mericarps 11–15, 4–5.5 × 2–2.5 mm, chartaceous, nonreticulate dehiscent part 60–75% of height, tip reflexed, indehiscent part not wider than dehiscent part, sides faintly to prominently and finely reticulate with thin-translucent areolae.
= 10, 20.
Sphaeralcea incana
Sphaeralcea incana is often seen in relatively small groups. Fresh stems tend to be very rubbery and flower buds notably rounded.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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