Sidalcea glaucescens Greene

PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA, USA
Sidalcea glaucescens E. Greene
Malvaceae
Det.: S.R.Hill, (ILLS) 2010
PLUMAS COUNTY 39.709478° N. Lat. 120.971608
W. Long. T. 2IN, R. 9E, SE1/4 NE1/4 Sect. 4 About 0.£
kilometers south of the southeast comer of Little Grass
Valley Reservoir; alongside road 90 meters southeast of
the main road from La Porte to reservoir. Plumas
National Forest, South Fork Feather River headwaters
near campground. Elev. 5127 feet.
BOTANICAL
Margin of dry sandy meadow with Trifolium. Achillea.
Lupinus. Potentilla, Calvptridium. Abies. Locally rather
common perennial, low stems ascending, radiating from
taproot-rootstock; older stems sometimes rooted at base
as part of rootstock; flowers pink; plant glaucous; fruit
mostly immature, reddish when mature; female flowers
darker, smaller than male flowers.
Steven R. Hill et al. 38559
17 July 2010
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