Iliamna grandiflora

(Rydberg) Wiggins

Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 223. 1936.

Common names: Large-flowered wild hollyhock
Endemic
Basionym: Sphaeralcea grandiflora Rydberg Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 565. 1904
Synonyms: Iliamna angulata Greene Phymosia grandiflora (Rydberg) Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 271. Mentioned on page 269.

Stems 1–2 m; herbage sparsely stellate-pubescent to glabrate. Leaf blades deeply 5- or 7-lobed, 6–13 cm wide, lobes lanceolate to triangular, middle lobe ± equaling to 2 times length of lateral lobes, base truncate to cordate, margins coarsely dentate. Inflorescences clusters forming interrupted spikes to racemes; involucellar bractlets lanceolate-ovate, 8–12 × 2–3 mm, 3/4 as long as calyx. Flowers: calyx 11–18 mm, lobes triangular-ovate, 8–10 × 5–8 mm, broader than long, exceeding tube, densely villous-hirsute; petals pink, drying purplish, 2–3 cm. Schizocarps 12–15 mm diam.; mericarps 12, 10 mm. Seeds 2 or 3, dark brown, 2.5–3 mm, muricate, with few simple hairs.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Wet mountain meadows, open woodlands, stream courses
Elevation: 2000–2700 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah.

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Iliamna grandiflora"
David M. Bates +
(Rydberg) Wiggins +
Sphaeralcea grandiflora +
Large-flowered wild hollyhock +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +  and Utah. +
2000–2700 m +
Wet mountain meadows, open woodlands, stream courses +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Contr. Dudley Herb. +
Iliamna angulata +  and Phymosia grandiflora +
Iliamna grandiflora +
species +