Eremalche exilis

(A. Gray) Greene

Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 208. 1906.

Basionym: Malvastrum exile A. Gray in J. C. Ives, Rep. Colorado R. 4: 8. 1861
Synonyms: Sphaeralcea exilis (A. Gray) Jepson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 247.

Plants prostrate to decumbent; stems sometimes flushed with purple-maroon, branched or unbranched, 2–40 cm, obscurely stellate-hairy. Leaf blades 3- or 5-cleft or -lobed to ± 1/2 to base, 1–2.5 cm wide, divisions entire or 3-toothed at tip. Inflorescences seldom exceeding leaves, sometimes basal. Pedicels 0.2–1 cm, longer in fruit; involucellar bractlets threadlike to linear, 3.3–5.5(–7) mm. Flowers: calyx 4–5.5(–7) mm, lobes 3–5 × 1.5–2.5 mm; petals white or pale rose-lavender, 4–5.5 mm, equaling calyx. Mericarps 9–13, brownish to blackish, ± wedge-shaped, cushionlike, 1.4–1.8 mm, margins rounded, radially corrugated. 2n = 20, 40.


Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring.
Habitat: Sandy or rocky desert soil
Elevation: 100–1500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah, Mexico (Baja California, Sonora).

Discussion

Eremalche exilis occurs in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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David M. Bates +, Malvastrum A. Gray subsect. Pedunculosa A. Gray in A. Gray et al. +, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1 +  and 2): 308. 1897 +
(A. Gray) Greene +
Malvastrum exile +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Utah +, Mexico (Baja California +  and Sonora). +
100–1500 m +
Sandy or rocky desert soil +
Flowering late winter–spring. +
Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. +
Sphaeralcea exilis +
Eremalche exilis +
Eremalche +
species +