Iliamna rivularis

(Douglas) Greene

Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 206. 1906.

Common names: Streambank globe-mallow or wild hollyhock
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Malva rivularis Douglas in W. J. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 107. 1831
Synonyms: Iliamna acerifolia (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene I. rivularis subsp. diversa (A. Nelson) Wiggins I. rivularis var. diversa (A. Nelson) C. L. Hitchcock Phymosia acerifolia Torrey & AGray P. rivularis (Douglas) Torrey Sphaeralcea acerifolia S. rivularis S. rivularis var. diversa A. Nelson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 270.

Stems 0.5–2 m; herbage sparsely stellate-hairy. Leaf blades deeply (3-), 5-, or 7-lobed, 5–20 cm wide, lobes triangular-ovate, broadest at base, base truncate to cordate, margins coarsely dentate. Inflorescences clusters forming interrupted spikes to corymbose racemes distally; involucellar bractlets linear-subulate, 3–6(–8) × 1 mm, 1/3–2/3 as long as calyx. Flowers: calyx 5–8(–11) mm, lobes triangular-ovate to obtuse, 2.5–4(–5.5) mm, ± as wide as long, slightly exceeding tube; petals pinkish white to rose-purple, 1.8–2.5 cm. Schizocarps 10–12 mm diam.; mericarps 8–12, 6–10 mm. Seeds (2 or)3 or 4, dark brown, 2 mm, puberulent. 2n = 66.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Stream banks, meadows, open woodlands, disturbed places, foothills to mountain slopes
Elevation: 1400–2900 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Iliamna rivularis is variable in stature, pubescence, and leaf characters. Plants of Idaho and Wyoming with distally smaller (4–10 cm), three- to five-lobed blades, truncate bases, and inconspicuously toothed margins have been recognized as var. or subsp. diversa, but fall within the morphological range of the species as a whole.

Iliamna rivularis is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants as I. rivularis var. rivularis.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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David M. Bates +
(Douglas) Greene +
Malva rivularis +
Streambank globe-mallow or wild hollyhock +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1400–2900 m +
Stream banks, meadows, open woodlands, disturbed places, foothills to mountain slopes +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
Iliamna acerifolia +, I. rivularis subsp. diversa +, I. rivularis var. diversa +, Phymosia acerifolia +, P. rivularis +, Sphaeralcea acerifolia +, S. rivularis +  and S. rivularis var. diversa +
Iliamna rivularis +
species +