Iliamna latibracteata

taxobox
name = "Iliamna latibracteata"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
genus = "Iliamna"
species = "I. latibracteata"
binomial = "Iliamna latibracteata"
binomial_authority = Wiggins|

"Iliamna latibracteata" is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names California globe mallow and California wild hollyhock. It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in the coniferous forests of the Klamath Mountains. This is a large perennial herb growing a hairy stem from a woody caudex to heights between one and two meters. It produces palmate leaves with generally 5 or 7 pointed lobes on long, slender petioles, each leaf up to 20 centimeters long. Flowers grow in the leaf axils, singly or in small clusters. Each flower is cup-shaped with five pink-lavender petals 2 to 3 centimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5042,5066,5068 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ILLA2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Iliamna+latibracteata Photo gallery]