Sphaeralcea coulteri
Sphaeralcea coulteri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Sphaeralcea |
Species: | S. coulteri
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Binomial name | |
Sphaeralcea coulteri |
Sphaeralcea coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Coulter's globemallow.[1] It is native to the Sonoran Desert, its distribution extending from northern Mexico north into California and Arizona. It is an annual herb, its slender, hairy stems sprawling or growing erect to a maximum height near 1.5 meters. The thin, gray-green leaf blades are wide and short, heart-shaped or triangular in shape, and measure up to about 5 centimeters long. They have a few wide lobes along the edges which may have teeth or smaller lobes. The leafy inflorescence bears clusters of flowers each with five wedge-shaped orange petals around a centimeter long, and yellow anthers.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sphaeralcea coulteri". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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Categories:
- Sphaeralcea
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Malveae stubs