Sphaeralcea: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

	stems prostrate or ascending; NOT [stems erect]
	stems 1-3 dm tall; NOT [stems 5-20 dm tall]
	leaves palmately divided into 5 lobes, these entire or divided; NOT [leaves more or less lobed, but not divided]
	calyx bractlets present; NOT [calyx bractlets absent]
	flowers not yellow
	stigmas terminal, capitate; NOT [stigmas extending along the inner surface of the filiform style branches]

Malvaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]
	plants not with colored milky juice
	plants with more than one normal leaf
	some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]
	leaves with stipules; NOT [leaves without stipules, or having glands]
	leaves palmately veined
	flowers with two floral rings
	calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]
	each petal distinct from the others
	stamens numerous, united into a column; NOT [stamens usually separate or partly so, not in a column]