Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. coccinea

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Read about Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. coccinea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Malvastrum coccineum, Gray (Malva coccinea, Nutt. Cristaria coccinea, Pursh). A tufted canescent plant, 4-18 in. high, with running rootstocks: lvs. 1-2 in. across, pedately 3-5-parted or -divided, the narrow divisions again cut or cleft: fls. brick-red or coppery, in a short terminal raceme: carpels round-kidney-shaped, inclosed in the incurving calyx-lobes. 10-15, reticulated, indehiscent, 1- or 2-seeded. Neb. to Manitoba and west. B.M. 1673. Var. grandiflorum, Hort., has large deep scarlet fls.


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