Indiana University Herbarium, Deam Herbarium (IND)
IND-0136785
98ac197a-f5db-4e21-9ceb-7f410f5bce47
150966
Sphaeralcea parvifolia A. Nels.
Malvaceae
Walter Fertig
29581a
2014-05-20
20 May 2014
United States, Arizona, Mohave, Arizona Strip: Shivwits Plateau, N of County Road 30 (Navajo Trail) above west end of Dutchman Wash, ca 0.5 miles E of Main Street Valley Road, ca 21 miles S of Utah state line. T38N R11W S14 SW4 of SW4
36.692734 -113.451515
UTM 12S 280980E 4063588N NAD83
1579 meters
5180ft
Hilaria jamesii-Stipa comata-Elymus elymoides desert grassland on stony, SW-dipping slopes of Moenkopi sandy clay with 50-80% cover of sandstone rock fragments. Vegetative cover 25-75%. Understory of Gutierrezia sarothrae, Lappula occidentalis, Sphaeralcea parvifolia, Erioneuron pulchellum
Possible introgression with Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia, which co-occurs in the area. Leaves grayer than typical.