Blooms: May-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed east of the Cascades in Washington; southeast British Columbia and Montana, south to California.
Habitat: Desert plains to open lower mountain slopes.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed east of the Cascades in Washington; southeast British Columbia and Montana, south to California.
Habitat: Desert plains to open lower mountain slopes.
Species Description:
General: Herbaceous perennial from thick roots, the several stems 2-8 dm. tall, grayish-hairy to greenish.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, the blades 2-6 cm. long, reniform to ovate-deltoid, from shallowly 3- to 5-lobed to round-toothed.
Flowers: Inflorescence an interrupted, compound raceme; calyx 5-lobed, stellate, 5-10 mm. long, the pedicels shorter than the calyx, with 3 linear bracteoles from the base; petals 5, apricot-pink to orange-red, 1-2 cm. long; stamens numerous, the filaments freed from the staminal tube individually; ovary superior, the carpels 8-12 in a ring around a central axis; styles equal to the number of carpels, the stigmas capitate
Fruits: Capsules 3 mm. long, 1-seeded, rough-veined and indehiscent on the lower third.
General: Herbaceous perennial from thick roots, the several stems 2-8 dm. tall, grayish-hairy to greenish.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, the blades 2-6 cm. long, reniform to ovate-deltoid, from shallowly 3- to 5-lobed to round-toothed.
Flowers: Inflorescence an interrupted, compound raceme; calyx 5-lobed, stellate, 5-10 mm. long, the pedicels shorter than the calyx, with 3 linear bracteoles from the base; petals 5, apricot-pink to orange-red, 1-2 cm. long; stamens numerous, the filaments freed from the staminal tube individually; ovary superior, the carpels 8-12 in a ring around a central axis; styles equal to the number of carpels, the stigmas capitate
Fruits: Capsules 3 mm. long, 1-seeded, rough-veined and indehiscent on the lower third.
Accepted Name:
Sphaeralcea munroana (Dougl. ex Lindl.) Spach ex GraySynonyms:
Sphaeralcea munroana (Dougl. ex Lindl.) Spach ex Gray ssp. munroana
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Sphaeralcea munroana
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Sphaeralcea munroana specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Sphaeralcea munroana specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Sphaeralcea munroana treatment.
E-Flora BC: Sphaeralcea munroana atlas page.
CalPhotos: Sphaeralcea munroana images.
USDA Plants Database: Sphaeralcea munroana.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Ben Legler, 2005
G. D. Carr, 2004
Rod Gilbert, 2003
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
Richard Olmstead, 2010
Richard Olmstead, 2010
Julie Kane, 2011
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