Status: Native
Synonyms:
None listed in Allred
Sphaeralcea incana is immediately recognizable as different by the yellow stems with gray and even some yellowish leaves that are all densely finely pubescent. The ovate-triangular leaves are only weakly if at all lobed. S. incana is found at lower to middle elevation in gravelly soil.
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Sphaeralcea incana, photo Russ Kleinman & the Silver City Flora group (Bill Norris, Jane & Jim Spinti, Angela Flanders, Wendy Graves, Betsy Kaido & Jon Titus), Silver City, WNMU campus, corner of West and 10th Street, September 4, 2025
Sphaeralcea incana, yellowish stem and leaves with weakly lobed leaves, photo Russ Kleinman & the Silver City Flora group (Bill Norris, Jane & Jim Spinti, Angela Flanders, Wendy Graves, Betsy Kaido & Jon Titus), Silver City, WNMU campus, corner of West and 10th Street, September 4, 2025
Sphaeralcea incana, paniculate inflorescences, photo Russ Kleinman & the Silver City Flora group (Bill Norris, Jane & Jim Spinti, Angela Flanders, Wendy Graves, Betsy Kaido & Jon Titus), Silver City, WNMU campus, corner of West and 10th Street, September 4, 2025
Sphaeralcea incana, yellowish stem and leaves with weakly lobed leaves, photo Russ Kleinman & the Silver City Flora group (Bill Norris, Jane & Jim Spinti, Angela Flanders, Wendy Graves, Betsy Kaido & Jon Titus), Silver City, WNMU campus, corner of West and 10th Street, September 4, 2025
Sphaeralcea incana, photomicrograph of fine stellate hairs scraped from petiole, photo Russ Kleinman & the Silver City Flora group (Bill Norris, Jane & Jim Spinti, Angela Flanders, Wendy Graves, Betsy Kaido & Jon Titus), Silver City, WNMU campus, corner of West and 10th Street, September 4, 2025
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