Sphaeralcea coccinea
(Nutt.) Rydb. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Sphaeralcea coccinea's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 850 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics17 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sphaeralcea coccinea, the scarlet globemallow, is a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves. The leaf blades are 2–5 cm long, palmately shaped, and deeply cut, with 3–5 main wedge-shaped segments. The undersides of the leaves have gray hairs. The 2-cm-wide flowers are reddish-orange and saucer-shaped, with 5 notched, broad petals, in small terminal clusters. Plants flower from May to October. This species is native to grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains and western regions of northern North America. While on the course of his expedition, near the Marias River, Meriwether Lewis collected a specimen of this species.Schiemann, Donald Anthony. Wildflowers of Montana, page 144. Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula. 2005.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction27
Habitat & environment23
Physiology & chemistry22
Uses & economy15
Other traits6
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 coccinea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Sphaeralcea coccinea 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.
2n 102×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 102×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type11 850 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions66 of 95 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bronx, US | 306 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 206 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 149 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 140 |
| Denver, US | 128 |
| Chadron, US | 125 |
| Albuquerque, US | 121 |
| Bozeman, US | 98 |
| Provo, US | 91 |
| Flagstaff, US | 65 |
| Missoula, US | 65 |
| Fort Worth, US | 56 |
| Spearfish, US | 51 |
| Logan, US | 48 |
| Austin, US | 36 |
| Emporia, US | 36 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 35 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 34 |
| Durango, US | 34 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 33 |
| Orem, US | 31 |
| Pullman, US | 30 |
| Moscow, US | 29 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 28 |
| Riverside, US | 26 |
| Grand Junction, US | 22 |
| Lubbock, US | 21 |
| EL PASO, US | 19 |
| Brookings, US | 17 |
| Pittsburg, US | 13 |
| Pocatello, US | 12 |
| Saint Louis, US | 11 |
| Lincoln, US | 11 |
| Mexico City, MX | 11 |
| Bloomington, US | 11 |
| San Angelo, US | 10 |
| Caldwell, US | 9 |
| Boise, US | 9 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 8 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record | 7 |
| Phoenix, US | 6 |
| Tempe, US | 6 |
| US | 5 |
| Claremont, US | 5 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 5 |
| Bangkok, TH | 5 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Dekalb, US | 4 |
| Madison, US | 3 |
| Vancouver, CA | 3 |
| Bureau of Land Management, Caliente Field Officelocation not on record | 3 |
| Denton, US | 3 |
| Stephenville, US | 3 |
| Fargo, US | 3 |
| Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 2 |
| Millersville, US | 2 |
| Victoria, CA | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| St. Paul, US | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| IDElocation not on record | 2 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Long Beach, US | 2 |
| WINlocation not on record | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Yellowstone National Park Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| Macomb, US | 1 |
| Jackson, US | 1 |
| Davenport, US | 1 |
| Royal Alberta Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Sphaeralcea coccinea 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.