Sphaeralcea parvifolia A.Nelson

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Sphaeralcea parvifolia A.Nelson

  • Collector(s)

    A. Cronquist 10150, 22 May 1965

  • Location

    United States of America. Utah. Kane Co. A scant mile W of Glen Canyon City, and about 57 miles E of Kanab.

  • Habitat

    Very sandy soil in the desert.

  • Description

    Stems several, clustered on a taproot. Flowers brick orange. plants highly variable in leaf-dissection. This number represents the average between the two extremes of a continuously variable population. Cf. no's 10149 and 10151. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 176800

    Occurrence ID: 1eb2db68-180c-4ae9-91dc-2fec508719ea

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Sphaeralcea parvifolia A.Nelson
    Note: Cronquist note: intermediate between S. parvifolia and S. grossulariaefolia, as treated by Kearney

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Utah

  • County/Municipio

    Kane Co.

  • Locality

    A scant mile W of Glen Canyon City, and about 57 miles E of Kanab

  • Township, Range, Section

    T42S, R 2 E, Sec. 3

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1311 m. (4301 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    37.18, -111.68

  • Georeferencing Method

    TRS Conversion Calculator. Used TRS2LL tool (defunct, now: TRS-data conversion tool, Montana State University, www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html) to convert TRS coordinates (Township, Range, Section; Public Land Survey System) to decimal degrees.

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HERBARIUM OF
THE NEW YORK, BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of UTAH
Sphaeralcea. Intermediate between S, parvi-
f olia and S. grassulariae folia, as treated
by Kearney.
KANE CO.: Very sandy soil in the desert a scant
mile west of Glen Canyon City, and about 57
miles east of Kanab, Twp* Ij2 S., R. 2 E,, S. 3*
Elevation about Li300 feet. Stems several, clus-
tered on a taproot. Flowers brick-orange.
Plants highly variable in leaf -dissection. This
number represents the average between the two ex-
tremes of a continuously variable population,
Cf, nof s 10lli9 and 10l5l.
Arthur Cronquist 10l50	Hay 22, 1965
00176800