Sphaeralcea ambigua Sphaeralcea coccinea Sphaeralcea fendleri Sphaeralcea munroana Download high resolution version (599x601, 77 KB)Photo of globemallow, probably Sphaeralcea ambigua, at Red Rock Canyon, taken April 2004 by User:Stan Shebs and licensed under GFDL, 600px across File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Malvaceae (mallows,...) Dipterocarpaceae Sarcolaenaceae Cistaceae Muntingiaceae Bixaceae Diegodendraceae Cochlospermaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Thymelaeaceae Neuradaceae The Malvales are an order of flowering plants, mostly comprised of shrubs and trees. ... Genera Abelmoschus - Okra Abutilon - Abutilon Adansonia – Baobab Alcea - Hollyhock Althaea - Marsh mallow Bombax – Silk-cotton tree Callirhoe - Poppy mallow Ceiba – Kapok Durio – Durian Gossypium - Cotton plant Hibiscus - Hibiscus Kosteletzkya - Saltmarsh mallow Lavatera - Tree mallow/Rose mallow Malva - Mallow Malvaviscus - Turks cap mallow Ochroma – Balsa Sphaeralcea - Globemallow Thespesia Tilia – Linden... Species Sphaeralcea ambigua Sphaeralcea coccinea Sphaeralcea fendleri Sphaeralcea munroana The globemallows are members of the genus Sphaeralcea (or Iliamna) in the mallow family (Malvaceae). ...
The globemallows are members of the genus Sphaeralcea (or Iliamna) in the mallow family (Malvaceae). There are about 40 species, including annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Most originate in the warmer regions of North America, with some known from South America. Other names include globe mallow and false mallow. Mallow is a plant species in the genus Malva or in one of several related genera of the Malvaceae, including Lavatera (tree mallow/rose mallow), Althaea (marsh mallow), Sidalcea (Greek mallow), Callirhoe (poppy mallow), and Abelmoschus (okra). ... Genera Abelmoschus - Okra Abutilon - Abutilon Adansonia – Baobab Alcea - Hollyhock Althaea - Marsh mallow Bombax – Silk-cotton tree Callirhoe - Poppy mallow Ceiba – Kapok Durio – Durian Gossypium - Cotton plant Hibiscus - Hibiscus Kosteletzkya - Saltmarsh mallow Lavatera - Tree mallow/Rose mallow Malva - Mallow Malvaviscus - Turks cap mallow Ochroma – Balsa Sphaeralcea - Globemallow Thespesia Tilia – Linden... An annual is a plant that usually germinates, flowers and dies in one year. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
The leaves of these plants are spirally arranged, and usually palmate or toothed. Both stems and leaves are downy. Like other mallows, the flowers are saucer- or cup-shaped, with the stamens joined into a column in the center. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Flower of the spider tree (Crateva religiosa) with its numerous conspicuous stamens The stamen is the male organ of a flower. ...
Sphaeralcea emoryi - Emory's Globemallow - Wildflowers of Tucson, Arizona
The 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide flowers have 5 petals and yellow anthers.
The 3-lobed leaves have finely scalloped margins and are alternate, greenish gray, crinkled, thickened, covered in dense, fine, grayish white hair, elongated ovate-triangular in shape with a heart-shaped base, and only moderately narrow.
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