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Label

Accession No. 10229 
Family Malvaceae 
Species Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Rydb.
Common name "gooseberry-leaf globemallow"
Collector Information Donna M. Barnes  (4189)  18 April 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  1' 46" N, 113°  54 ' 37" W at 3032 feet (924 m)
Locality E side of Castle Cliff Wash, along a dirt road ca. 0.3 mile W of Old Highway 91, ca. 2.8 air miles SW of Castle Cliff; 
Ecology warm desert shrub community; dry wash. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Rydb.

Common Name(s): currant-leaf globe-mallow, gooseberryleaf globemallow.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=21939, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Malvales
                                Family: Malvaceae
                                    Genus: Sphaeralcea
                                        Species: Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Images of other samples of the same species:
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
10231 Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus      "goldenhead" same section
14280 Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus     same section
10227 Allionia incarnata      "trailing windmills" same section
10243 Astragalus nuttallianus  var. imperfectus   "Mojave small-flowered milkvetch" same section
10234 Chaenactis fremontii      "Fremont's pincushion" same section
10237 Cryptantha micrantha      "purple-rooted forget-me-not" same section
10238 Cryptantha pterocarya  var. cycloptera   "winged-nut forget-me-not" same section
10232 Encelia frutescens  var. virginensis   "Virgin River brittlebush" same section
14277 Ephedra torreyana     same section
10240 Eriastrum sparsiflorum      "Great Basin woollystar" same section
14279 Krameria grayi     same section
10233 Lepidium lasiocarpum  var. georginum  same section
02666 Lesquerella rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 1.3 mi. N
10241 Linanthus bigelovii      "Bigelow's linanthus" same section
10239 Loeseliastrum schottii      "Schott's calico" same section
10242 Oenothera primiveris  var. bufonis  same section
02667 Phacelia fremontii     1.3 mi. N
03652 Phacelia vallis-mortae      "Death Valley scorpionweed" 1769 ft. SW
10235 Plantago patagonica  var. gnaphalioides   "Pursh's plantain" same section
03655 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" 1769 ft. SW
10228 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" same section
10230 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" same section
10236 Stylocline micropoides      "woollyhead nest-straw" same section
02668 Thamnosma montana      "turpentinebroom" 1.3 mi. N
14276 Thamnosma montana     same section
03675 Vicia ludoviciana      "Louisiana vetch" 1769 ft. SW

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Joshua Tree Natural Area (Reserve) Washington County, UT 0.6 mi. NE 3140  Castle Cliff 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. NE 4055  Castle Cliff 
Bulldog Knolls (Range) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. E 3373  Jarvis Peak 
Tabeau Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 2.5 mi. SE 4341  Jarvis Peak 
Bulldog Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 2.4 mi. E   Jarvis Peak 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 2.9 mi. NE 3862  Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 4 mi. NE   Castle Cliff 
Welcome Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.6 mi. N 4544  Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.9 mi. N 4600  Jarvis Peak 
Welcome Creek (Stream) Mohave County, AZ 5.6 mi. SW   West Mountain Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia  (Hook. & Arn.) Rydb.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Sphaeralcea+grossulariifolia

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