Species Details

Sphaeralcea munroana

Munro's desert mallow

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Classification

Scientific Name: Sphaeralcea munroana (Dougl.) Spach
Common Name: Munro's desert mallow
Family:	Malvaceae
Element Code:	PDMAL140F0
USDA Plants Symbol:	SPMU2
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	2B.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G4
State Rank:	S1
Other Status:
CRPR Changes: changed from 2.2 to 2B.2 on 2013-06-12
Add Date:	2001-01-01
Date Edited:	2021-05-26

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial herb

Blooming Period: May-Jun

Elevation:
2000 - 2000 meters
6560 - 6560 feet

General Habitats:

Great Basin scrub

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Notes

Notes: Known in CA only from Squaw Creek. See Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 22:292 (1887) for revised nomenclature, and University of California Publications in Botany 19(1):83-85 (1935) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	0
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	0	%
No threats

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					1
A	B	C	D	X	U
0	0	0	0	0	1

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	1
Recent <=20 Years	0

Presence:
Presumed Extant	1
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA), Idaho (ID), Massachusetts (MA), Montana (MT), Nevada (NV), Oregon (OR), Utah (UT), Washington (WA), Wyoming (WY)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Placer (PLA)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Tahoe City (3912022)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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Presumed Extant

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