Scarlet Globemallow

Description: Scarlet globemallow (Spharalcea coccinea) is a widely distributed wildflower. Short in stature but long in color, the scarlet to salmon colored flowers add color to the landscape. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 18 June 2009, 17:54. Source: Scarlet globemallow (Spharalcea coccinea) on Mixed Grass Prairie of Lacreek NWR. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Scarlet globemallow is one of the most common wildflowers (forbs) in the sage-steppe habitat on and adjacent to Seedskadee NWR. In addition to being a hardy perennial forb, scarlet globemallow is memorialized in history as the last plant collected by Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Native Americans chewed scarlet globemallow and applied it as a paste to relieve the pain of burns and flesh wounds. This perennial forb, with a stout taproot, grows 3 to 18 inches in height, topped with deep orange or light pink to brick red flowers. Leaves are grayish-green and palmately lobed. Both the leaves and the several erect stems are covered with silver-gray hairs that reflect solar radiation and protect against drying. These hairs, along with its deep root system, make it very drought tolerant. Scarlet globemallow exhibits low seed germination due to a hard seed coat and reproduces mainly by rhizomes. The hard seed coat enables long-term seed viability in the seedbank. Seeds then germinate when conditions are occasionally favorable. Scarlet globemallow is eaten by almost all species of herbivores where it occurs and can be an important component of wildlife diets. It stabilizes the soil on disturbed areas through creeping rhizomes and proliferates until grasses out-compete it. Deep roots allow it to survive disking, fires, and grazing. When other species are eliminated, scarlet globemallow proliferates.Although scarlet globemallow is suppressed when grasses and shrubs begin growing, it will proliferate again once a disturbance occurs. This, along with its drought tolerance and soil stabilizing ability, make it a promising restoration species. Seeds are hard to collect, making them expensive, and the germination rate is very low. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 30 May 2014, 18:05. Source: Scarlet globe mallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge 02. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: The orangish flowers are characteristics of most if not all species in this genus. Date: 29 June 2004, 11:40. Source: Sphaeralcea coccinea Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location45° 40′ 06.45″ N, 111° 01′ 37.92″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 45.668458; -111.027200.

Description: Scarlet globemallow inhabits undisturbed sagebrush steppe, including the Wyoming big sagebrush steppe at lower elevations in Montana. Remarkably, this species (and genus and family) tolerate regular disturbance and is often found in greater abundance along adjacent roadsides and overgrazed rangeland. Date: 5 June 2016, 19:29. Source: Sphaeralcea coccinea. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location47° 01′ 15.51″ N, 108° 00′ 37.64″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 47.020975; -108.010456.

Description: The orangish flowers are characteristics of most if not all species in this genus. Date: 29 June 2004, 11:40. Source: Sphaeralcea coccinea Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location45° 40′ 06.45″ N, 111° 01′ 37.92″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 45.668458; -111.027200.

Description: Eesti: Pildistatud Fort Unionis Põhja-Dakota ja Montana piiril. Date: 3 June 2007. Source: Own work (etwiki). Author: Vihelik.

Description: The low growth form, fascicled flowers, and highly divided leaves are unique combined in this species. Date: 4 July 2003, 16:19. Source: Sphaeralcea coccinea Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location45° 40′ 06.45″ N, 111° 01′ 37.92″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 45.668458; -111.027200.

Description: Nearly pure stands of Stipa comata comata occur along the ridge just to the north of Fort Peck Lake in the vicinity of Fourchette bay (this scene is looking northeast into the drainage of Kill Woman Creek). Sphaeralcea coccinea lies in the foreground. Date: 2 June 2006, 11:29. Source: Stipa comata Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA. Camera location47° 41′ 20.69″ N, 107° 37′ 26.1″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 47.689080; -107.623917.

Description: English: Sphaeralcea coccinea just outside of Page, AZ. Date: 21 September 2018, 04:58:04. Source: Own work. Author: Chad Woodward.

Description: Linum perenne Oxalis stricta Sidalcea neomexicana Euphorbia marginata Erodium cicutarium Geranium caespitosum Malvastrum coccineum = Sphaeralcea coccinea Callirhoe involucrata. Date: 1914. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6280206254. Author: Clements, Edith Gertrude (Schwartz); Clements, Frederic E. Full titleRocky mountain flowers; an illustrated guide for plantlovers and plant-users; with twenty-five plates in color and twenty-one plates in black and white [by] Frederic Edward Clements..and Edith Schwartz Clements.. Page ID22784852. Item ID73726 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images). Title ID30140 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images). Page numbersPlate 7. BHL Page URLhttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22784852. DOI10.5962/bhl.title.30140. Page typeIllustration. Flickr sets Rocky mountain flowers. Flickr tags Rocky Mountains Wild flowers University of California Libraries bhl:page 22784852 dc:identifier https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22784852 rocky mountains university of california libraries. Flickr posted date25 October 2011. Credit : This file comes from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. Deutsch | English | español | français | italiano | 日本語 | македонски | Nederlands | polski | +/−.

Description: English: Sphaeralcea coccinea in southwest Idaho. Date: 11 June 2004. Source: Own work. Author: Thayne Tuason.

Description: Eesti: Pildistatud Fort Unionis Põhja-Dakota ja Montana piiril. Date: 3 June 2007. Source: Own work (etwiki). Author: Vihelik.

Description: Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) doesn't look very scarlet to me. It looks more like salmon globemallow, but that is not one of the choices listed as an alternate common name. Red false mallow, copper mallow, or cowboy’s delight are our choices plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_spco.pdf Whatever name it is given, it adds color to the landscape and provides habitat for insects, birds, and mammals. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 9 June 2015, 20:45. Source: Scarlet Globemallow Seedskadee NWR. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Scarlet globemallow (Sphaeralcea coccinea) doesn't look very scarlet to me. It looks more like salmon globemallow, but that is not one of the choices listed as an alternate common name. Red false mallow, copper mallow, or cowboy’s delight are our choices plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_spco.pdf Whatever name it is given, it adds color to the landscape and provides habitat for insects, birds, and mammals. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Date: 9 June 2015, 20:45. Source: Scarlet Globemallow Seedskadee NWR. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.