Munro's Globemallow, White-stemmed Globemallow, Munro's Mallow, White-leaved Globemallow, Whitestem Globemallow
Sphaeralcea munroana
Synonyms: Sphaeralcea munroana ssp. munroana, Sphaeralcea munroana ssp. subrhomboidea, Sphaeralcea munroana var. munroana, Sphaeralcea munroana var. subrhomboidea
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
and leaves of white-stemmed globe-mallow as seen along Crab Creek in central Washington........June 22, 2006.
The
photo at right shows white-stemmed globe-mallow as seen along Oregon Highway 74
at MP 49 just east of Heppner, OR.........May 26, 2002.
Characteristics:
White-stemmed globe-mallow is an attractive perennial wildflower due to the
attractive gray foliage and strikingly colorful flowers. It is a multi-stemmed
perennial with spreading to erect stems arising from 20-80 cm high from a woody
base. The stems may be simple or branched. The herbage consists of star-shaped
hairs which give the stem and leaves a gray-green to grayish appearance. The
leaves are found on the stems and are kidney-shaped to ovate-triangular with
3-5 shallow lobes, or some leaves with rounded to acute teeth. The leaf blade
ranges from 2-6 cm long with the petiole as long or longer.
The flowers are found singly or in small clusters from the upper leaf axils.
The pedicels are typically shorter than the calyx. The calyx measures 7-8 mm
long with lanceolate to ovate lobes. The calyx is typically covered with gray,
star-shaped hairs. The calyx bracteoles are linear and usually number 3. The
petals are apricot-pink to reddish and measure 1-2 cm long.
Habitat:
White-stemmed globe-mallow may be found in open, dry habitats from the desert
plains to lower elevations in the mountains.
Range:
White-stemmed globe-mallow may be found from south-central British Columbia
south to the east of the Cascade Mts. through Oregon to California and east
to western Montana and Utah.
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Close-ups of the stem leaves
of white-stemmed globe-mallow. The photo at left was seen at Frenchman Coulee, central Washington.......May
3, 1998. The photo at right was seen near Rimrock Lake in Moses Coulee, nort-central Washington.......June 7, 2009.
The photo above shows a close-up of the underside of a flower and calyx of white-stemmed globe-mallow as seen along Crab Creek in central Washington........June 22, 2006. Note the numerous stellate or star-shaped hairs covering the calyx and stem.
The photo above shows white-stemmed globe-mallow as seen at the Painted Desert Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds national Monument........May 28, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower of white-stemmed globe-mallow as seen at the Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.......June 23, 1998.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
of white-stemmed globe-mallow as seen along Crab Creek in central Washington.........June 22, 2006.
The photo above shows the upper stem and flowers of white-stemmed globe-mallow as seen at the Painted Desert Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds national Monument..........May 28, 2007.
Paul Slichter