Sphaeralcea angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names copper globemallow and narrow-leaved globemallow. It is native to the southwestern United States as well as northern and central Mexico, where it grows in desert and plateau habitat. It produces many erect stems, approaching three meters in maximum height. It is woolly or felt-like in texture. The gray-green leaf blades are lance-shaped and measure up to about 5 cm long. They have wavy or slightly lobed edges. The leafy inflorescence bears several flowers each with five wedge-shaped orange petals just under 1 cm in length, and yellow anthers.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sphaeralcea angustifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections4
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2★rbcLa★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSphaeralcea angustifolia carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 119≤1 km 550≤10 km 225>10 km 162
3 056 georeferenced · 1 005 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 061
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy78% within 1 km
≤100 m 668≤1 km 122≤10 km 172>10 km 45
1 007 georeferenced · 741 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 748
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions59 of 85 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mexico City, MX
187
Mexico City, MX
185
Durango, MX
180
Austin, US
170
Bronx, US
147
EL PASO, US
78
Albuquerque, US
73
Guasave, MX
60
ASUlocation not on record
60
Zacatecas, MX
50
Juriquilla, MX
49
San Angelo, US
42
Riverside, US
40
Claremont, US
31
Saint Louis, US
29
Chapingo, MX
26
Flagstaff, US
24
San Diego, US
22
Fort Worth, US
22
Phoenix, US
22
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
21
Denver, US
15
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
15
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
12
Pullman, US
11
Tlalnepantla, MX
10
BAYLUlocation not on record
8
Hermosillo, MX
8
Mexico City, MX
7
Davis, US
7
Lubbock, US
7
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
7
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
6
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
5
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
5
Burlington, US
5
Puebla, MX
4
Emporia, US
4
San Luis Potosí, MX
4
Tampa, US
4
Stephenville, US
4
Miami, US
3
Bureau of Land Management, Caliente Field Officelocation not on record
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
Provo, US
3
La Paz, MX
3
Austin, US
3
Bangkok, TH
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
2
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
2
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
2
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
Los Angeles, US
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Northridge, US
2
Irvine, US
2
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Logan, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Missoula, US
1
Chicago, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
US
1
New Mexico State Universitylocation not on record
1
Pocatello, US
1
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
1
San Bernardino, US
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
Arcata, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
University of Zhejianglocation not on record
1
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
Ypsilanti, US
1
Boise, US
1
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Bloomington, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
85 institutions · 1 735 of 1 748 vouchered records shown · 11 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Sphaeralcea angustifolia was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Grasses; Pectis papposa, Euphorbia micromera
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.7 °C 15.7–26.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.60 °C
Max temp (day)22.0 °C 22.0–33.3
Min temp (night)9.00 °C 9.00–19.3
Precipitation34.7 mm/mo 16.6–34.7
Air humidity50.9 % 44.0–50.9
Moisture balance-93.3 mm/mo -220–-93.3
Vapour deficit884 Pa 884–1,998
Wind speed4.10 m/s 4.10–6.60
Cloud cover25.5 % 16.0–25.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 811 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗