''Sphaeralcea angustifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the
mallow family known by the common names copper globemallow
and narrow-leaved globemallow. It is native to the
southwestern United States as well as northern and central
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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where it grows in desert and plateau habitat. It produces many erect stems, approaching three meters in maximum height. It is
woolly or
felt-like in texture. The gray-green leaf blades are lance-shaped and measure up to about 5 cm long. They have wavy or slightly lobed edges. The leafy
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
bears several flowers each with five wedge-shaped orange petals just under 1 cm in length, and yellow
anthers.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
angustifolia
Plants described in 1831
Flora of Chihuahua (state)
Flora of Kansas
Flora of Central Mexico
Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Flora of Sonora
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles
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