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Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.
scarlet globemallow

       
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Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

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Distribution:
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

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USA (AZ, CO, IA, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 25 species in Sphaeralcea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. ssp. coccinea. . Image Available.
Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea
scarlet globemallow
Distribution of Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. ssp. elata (Baker f.) Kearney. .
Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. elata
scarlet globemallow
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Classification:
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus Sphaeralcea A. St.-Hil. – globemallow
Species Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. – scarlet globemallow
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Iowa:
scarlet globemallow              Threatened
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

copper mallow
red falsemallow
scarlet globemallow

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21920.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

 
 
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