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Scarlet Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
38.7395, -104.817
Field Notes
Description:
a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves. The leaf blades are 2–5 cm long, palmately shaped, and deeply cut, with 3–5 main wedge-shaped segments. The undersides of the leaves have gray hairs. The 2-cm-wide flowers are reddish-orange and saucer-shaped, with 5 notched, broad petals, in small terminal clusters. Plants flower from May to October. (wiki)
Habitat:
This species is native to grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains and western regions of northern North America. (wiki)
Notes:
Cheyenne Mountain State Park
Reference Links:
Sphaeralcea coccinea
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2012
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