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Sphaeralcea rusbyi A. Gray var. eremicola (Jepson) Kearney
Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California alone.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

Common names: Rusby's desert mallow
Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland
Family: Malvaceae
Name Status:
Recognized as current in JM93 + ICPN + CNPS
PLANTS: new name: Sphaeralcea rusbyi ssp. eremicola
Warning: this taxon is undergoing name changes.
 
Related names:See a list of other species in the genus Sphaeralcea found in California.
See the more inclusive parent record Sphaeralcea rusbyi.
Distribution in California from available records:
A shaded county indicates that there are one or more ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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    For a distribution map based on other criteria (eg. more than one record within a county), see the County Distribution Analysis for this plant.

 

  There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
  There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
  There are reported records.
  There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).
Records by County: Click county name to view records (numbers are approximate).
Information about  Sphaeralcea rusbyi var. eremicola  from other sources:
Photos on CalPhotos / Picasa / Flickr

Photos or website references on Google

USDA PLANTS Profile (SPRUE)

Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX

CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants

1993 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley

Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

    Citation:
    Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, based on data contributed by the Consortium of Calif. Herbaria and dozens of other public and private institutions and individuals.
    [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: http://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Sep 09, 2010).

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