EcoFlora - Sidalcea

Sidalcea
Family: Malvaceae Max Licher	VPAP Resources JANAS 27(2) PLANTS: Erect (sometimesdecumbent) annual or perennial herbs, glabrous or stellate-pubescent. LEAVES: long-petioled (at least basally), orbicular in outline, variously lobed or parted. INFLORESCENCE: usually a terminal spike or raceme; FLOWER: involucel absent; calyx 5-lobed; petals usually purple or lavender (sometimes yellowish or white); staminal column usually pubescent, the anthers in 2 series, the inner antisepalous, the outer antipetalous and lower; styles 5-9, the stigmatic surface introrsely decurrent. FRUITS: oblate, schizocarpic; mericarps 5-9, subreniform. SEEDS: solitary. NOTES: Ca 20 spp. from w U.S. and nw Mex. (Name compounded of the generic names Sida and Alcea). REFERENCES: Fryxell, Paul A. 1994. Malvaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 27(2), 222-236.
Species within checklist: Gumboot Lake, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Sidalcea asprella Map not Available Sidalcea calycosa Map not Available Sidalcea campestris Map not Available Sidalcea candida Map not Available Sidalcea celata Map not Available Sidalcea covillei Map not Available Sidalcea crenulata Map not Available Sidalcea cusickii Map not Available Sidalcea diploscypha Map not Available Sidalcea eximia Map not Available Sidalcea gigantea Map not Available Sidalcea glaucescens Map not Available Sidalcea hartwegii Map not Available Sidalcea hendersonii Map not Available Sidalcea hickmanii Map not Available Sidalcea hirsuta Map not Available Sidalcea hirtipes Map not Available Sidalcea hydrophila Map not Available Sidalcea keckii Map not Available Sidalcea malachroides Map not Available Sidalcea malvaeflora Map not Available Sidalcea malviflora Map not Available Sidalcea multifida Map not Available Sidalcea nelsoniana Map not Available Sidalcea neomexicana Map not Available Sidalcea nitrophila Map not Available Sidalcea oregana Map not Available Sidalcea pedata Map not Available Sidalcea ranunculacea Map not Available Sidalcea reptans Map not Available Sidalcea rhizomata Map not Available Sidalcea robusta Map not Available Sidalcea rostrata Map not Available Sidalcea setosa Map not Available Sidalcea sparsifolia Map not Available Sidalcea spicata Map not Available Sidalcea stipularis Map not Available Sidalcea valida Map not Available Sidalcea virgata Map not Available Sidalcea vitifolia Map not Available