NARROWLEAF GLOBE MALLOW
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Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav. ) G. Don subsp. cuspidata (A. Gray ) Kearney
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| Comanche County, Kansas, Photo by Phyllis Scherich |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-4 feet |
| Family: Malvaceae - Mallow Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Spreading to erect, stout, simple or somewhat branched, leafy, densely covered with star-shaped hairs. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, lowest long-stalked, others short-stalked, oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2 to 4 inches long, 1/4 to 1 inch wide, firm; margins toothed with shallow, rounded teeth. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicle, compact, many-flowered, conspicuously leafy; flowers clustered in leaf axils. | | Flowers: | | 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide; stalk stout, shorter than calyx; calyx 1/5 to 2/5 inch long, 5-lobed; lobes lanceolate to triangular; tips pointed; petals 5, 1/4 to 3/4 inch long, color variable, red, orange, or salmon, often drying violet; tip notched; stamen column half to nearly as long as petals; carpels 10-15. | | Fruits: | | Capsule, egg-shaped to ellipsoid, 1-3-seeded, star-shaped hairy or nearly glabrous; seeds kidney-shaped. | | Habitat: | | Waste areas and roadsides; sandy or rocky, limestone or gypsum soils. | | Distribution: | | Southwest 1/4 of Kansas. | | Uses: | | The Kiowa decorated their homes with narrowleaf globe mallow flowers. |
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| Narrowleaf globe mallow |  | | 158 KB | | Comanche County, Kansas, Photo by Phyllis Scherich |
| | Narrowleaf globe mallow |  | | 140 KB | | Comanche County, Kansas, Photo by Phyllis Scherich |
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