Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. coccinea

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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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. Var. grandiflorum, Hort., has large deep scarlet fls. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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