Taxon: Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. coccinea (1 accessions)
• Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. elata (no accessions)

Common names:

• globe-mallow   (Source: F Utah ) – English
  
• moss-rose   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• prairie-mallow   (Source: Food Feed Crops US ) – English
  
• red false mallow   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  
• scarlet globe-mallow   (Source: Food Feed Crops US ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Manitoba [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Iowa [w.], Kansas, Minnesota [s.w.], Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho [s.], Montana, Wyoming
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n.], Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua

• also cultivated

References:

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1999. Illustrated flora of British Columbia.
• Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa.
• Fryxell, P. A. 1988. Malvaceae of Mexico. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25:426.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• La Duke, J. & D. K. Northington. 1978. The systematics of Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. (Malvaceae). SouthW. Naturalist 23:651–660.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sphaeralcea coccinea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Sphaeralcea coccinea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Sphaeralcea coccinea.

Synonyms:

• Cristaria coccinea (Nutt.) Pursh [≡ Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. coccinea]
  
• Malva coccinea Nutt. [≡ Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. coccinea]
  
• Malvastrum coccineum (Nutt.) A. Gray [≡ Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. coccinea]
  
• Malvastrum coccineum var. elatum Baker f. [≡ Sphaeralcea coccinea subsp. elata]
  

Check other web resources for Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Sphaeralcea coccinea cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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