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Globe Mallow

Malvaceae Sphaeralcea

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Flower Info:

Petal # 5

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Type	Categories	Useful Parts
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Malvaceae Family

Sphaeralcea Genus

Scarlet Globemallow

Globe Mallow

Desert Globemallow

Other Names for this Plant

falsemallows

Location

native to parts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

Physical Description

The leaves are fuzzy, deeply lobed, and on long stems, the number of which increase with age. The fruit is a brown capsule containing numerous seeds. The flowers are apricot to orange in color and bloom in the spring. It grows well in alkaline soil, both sandy or clay, usually in the company of creosote bush scrub.
the flowers are saucer- or cup-shaped, with the stamens joined into a column in the center.

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Order of Mallows

Real Mallows

Mallow Class

Real Rose Class

Rose-Like Class

Core Eudicots

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnoliophyta

Magnolia Division

Spermatophytes

Seed Plants

Euphyllophytina

Real Land Plants

Polysporangiates

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plants

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

It is a perennial shrub

Globe Mallow

Globe Mallow
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Globemallow

Globemallow
Malvaceae Flowers

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