- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454451-2
- Publication
- Madrono; Journal of the California Botanical Society
- Collation
- 56(4): 285 (-292; figs. 1-3)
- Date of Publication
- dt. 2009; issued 30 Jun 2010
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Malvaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- G. L. Clifton 35038
- Locality
- at Travis Saddle along La Porte Road, in a drying meadow, T20N R8E S30 NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, alt. ca. 1100 m
- Collection Date
- 17 Aug 1996
- Type Herbaria
- holotype JEPS
isotype CAS
isotype CHSC
isotype ILLS
isotype MO
isotype NY
isotype PUA
isotype RSA - Latitude
- 39° 33' 37" N
- Longitude
- 121° 7' 7" W
Remarks
Sidalcea gigantea: ... described as a new species from the northwestern slope of the Sierra Nevada in Butte, Plumas, Sierra, and Yuba Counties and from the extreme southern Cascade Range in Shasta County, California. The new species is a robust, long-lived perennial from large and extensive rhizomes; it is one of the tallest species known in the genus and it forms the largest known clonal colonies. Based on both morphological and DNA characters, S. gigantea appears to be most closely related to S. asprella Greene and S. celata (Jeps.) S. R. Hill, both found in the vicinity of the new species. Sidalcea gigantea occurs around margins of meadows, seeps, and streams in montane conifer forests, especially Mixed Conifer Forest. (vide abstract)