Sphaeralcea munroana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sphaeralcea
- Species
- Sphaeralcea munroana
- Scientific Name
- Sphaeralcea munroana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sphaeralcea munroana
Sphaeralcea munroana is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Munro's globemallow and Munro's desert-mallow. It is native to the western United States, where it can be found in the Great Basin and surrounding regions. It grows in sagebrush, desert flats, mountain slopes, and requires plenty of sunlight to thrive. This perennial herb produces erect stems up to about 80 centimetres (31 in) tall from a thick root system. It is woolly and gray-green in color. The alternately arranged leaves have triangular blades up to 6 cm long, usually edged with large lobes and a toothed margin. Flowers occur in clusters on a raceme-like inflorescence. The flower has five apricot to red-orange petals each just over 1 cm long.
...Sphaeralcea munroana in languages:
- English
- Munro's Globemallow
- English
- munroe's desert-mallow
- English
- Munro's Globe-mallow
- French
- sphéralcée de Munro
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Sphaeralcea ambigua
- Sphaeralcea angustifolia
- Sphaeralcea australis
- Sphaeralcea axillaris
- Sphaeralcea bonariensis
- Sphaeralcea brevipes
- Sphaeralcea caespitosa
- Sphaeralcea chenopodifolia
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- Sphaeralcea cordobensis
- Sphaeralcea coulteri
- Sphaeralcea crispa
- Sphaeralcea digitata
- Sphaeralcea emoryi
- Sphaeralcea endlichii
- Sphaeralcea fendleri
- Sphaeralcea fulva
- Sphaeralcea fumariensis
- Sphaeralcea gierischii
- Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
- Sphaeralcea hainesii
- Sphaeralcea hastulata
- Sphaeralcea incana
- Sphaeralcea janeae
- Sphaeralcea laciniata
- Sphaeralcea laxa
- Sphaeralcea leptophylla
- Sphaeralcea lindheimeri
- Sphaeralcea mendocina
- Sphaeralcea miniata
- Sphaeralcea moorei
- Sphaeralcea munroana
- Sphaeralcea obtusiloba
- Sphaeralcea orcuttii
- Sphaeralcea palmeri
- Sphaeralcea parvifolia
- Sphaeralcea pedatifida
- Sphaeralcea philippiana
- Sphaeralcea polychroma
- Sphaeralcea procera
- Sphaeralcea psoraloides
- Sphaeralcea purpurata
- Sphaeralcea reflexa
- Sphaeralcea rusbyi
- Sphaeralcea sulphurea
- Sphaeralcea tehuelches
- Sphaeralcea wrightii































































































































































