Lexic.us

Definition of Sphaeralcea

1. Noun. Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphaeralcea

Literary usage of Sphaeralcea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"wonld seem to be the proper designation. sphaeralcea arida Rose ... sphaeralcea californica Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 1: 66. 1890. Stems often 15 dm. high, ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"sphaeralcea remota Fernald, Rhodora io: 52. 1908. Perennial, erect, branched, 2°-6° high, finely stellate-pubescent and scabrous. Leaves nearly orbicular in ..."

3. Flora of the State of Washington by Charles Vancouver Piper (1906)
"sphaeralcea rivularis (Dougl.) Torr, in A. Gray, PI. Fendl. 23. 1848. ... ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 3. sphaeralcea ..."

4. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"The very many herbs and shrubs of far-western and southwestern North America that have been distributed between sphaeralcea and Malvastrum are much in need ..."

5. Pamphlets on Forestry in Washington (1906)
"2- sphaeralcea rivularis (Dougl.) Torr. in A. Gray, PI. Fendl. 23. 1848. ... ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Arid Transition. 3. sphaeralcea ..."

6. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"S. angustifolia Spach.—Southern Colorado and southward. 2. sphaeralcea ... sphaeralcea rivularis (Dougl.) Torr, in Gray, PI. Fendl. 23. 1848. ..."

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