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| − | + | '''''Sphaeralcea coccinea''''' ('''Scarlet Globemallow''') is a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves. The leaf blades are 2–5 cm long, palmately shaped, and deeply cut, with 3–5 main wedge-shaped segments. The undersides of the leaves have gray hairs. The 2-cm-wide flowers are reddish-orange and saucer-shaped, with 5 notched, broad petals, in small terminal clusters. Plants flower from May to October<ref name=Niehaus>{{cite book | author=Theodore F. Niehaus, Charles L. Ripper, and Virginia Savage | title=A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers | publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company | year=1984 | id=ISBN 0-395-36640-2}}</ref>. | |
| + | This species is native to grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains and western regions of northern North America. | ||
==Cultivation== | ==Cultivation== | ||
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| Habit | herbaceous
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| Height: | ⇕ | 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 4 to 9 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | red, orange, yellow, pink |
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Sphaeralcea coccinea (Scarlet Globemallow) is a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves. The leaf blades are 2–5 cm long, palmately shaped, and deeply cut, with 3–5 main wedge-shaped segments. The undersides of the leaves have gray hairs. The 2-cm-wide flowers are reddish-orange and saucer-shaped, with 5 notched, broad petals, in small terminal clusters. Plants flower from May to October[1]. This species is native to grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains and western regions of northern North America.
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References
- ↑ Theodore F. Niehaus, Charles L. Ripper, and Virginia Savage (1984). A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0-395-36640-2.
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