Status: Native
Synonyms:
Malvastrum digitatum Greene
Sphaeralcea digitata is a distinctive looking plant that has orange red flowers with purple stamens that are mostly solitary on very grayish stems. The leaves are strikingly palmately divided with leaflets that are only a few millimeters wide. Sphaeralcea digitata prefers middle elevation rocky slopes.
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Sphaeralcea digitata, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Kindscher & Bill Norris, Tularosa River at Apache Creek, Aug. 11, 2009
Sphaeralcea digitata, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Kindscher & Bill Norris, Tularosa River at Apache Creek, Aug. 11, 2009
Sphaeralcea digitata, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrick Alexander & Gene Jercinovic, North Percha Creek, Aug. 22, 2009
Sphaeralcea digitata, closeup of schizocarp, photo Russ Kleinman, Patrick Alexander & Gene Jercinovic, North Percha Creek, Aug. 22, 2009
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