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Castle Hot Springs Rd - Sue Smith


Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Sphaeralcea ambigua - desert globemallow

Other Common Names: sore-eye poppy, globemallow, desert mallow, desert hollyhock
Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub

Family: Malvaceae


   
 
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Flowers
Castle Hot Springs Rd
Sue Smith
Flowers
Castle Hot Springs Rd
Sue Smith
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Castle Hot Springs Rd
Sue Smith
Plant - summer
Castle Hot Springs Rd
Sue Smith
Plant - summer
Castle Hot Springs Rd
Sue Smith
Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native   Life Cycle: Perennial   Similar Species: Sphaeralcea emoryi
General Desc: A very drought tolerant, multi-stemmed perennial that grows in large rounded clumps. Stems with gray-green rounded, lobed leaves and topped with open long-branched stems of orange flowers.
Identification notes: Woody-based subshrubs, erect stems few to numerous. Leaves are lobed, but not deeply divided, wider than long, wavy margins, grayish-green, hairy. Bright 5-petaled bowl shaped orange-red flowers are spaced openly along long stalks.
Height: To 40 inches


Habitat

Habitat Description: Deserts, roadsides, flat areas and banks of sandy washes. Only occasionally as high as 5000 feet, usually below 3500 feet.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 5000 feet


Flower Characteristics

Color: Orange     Shape: Regular in elongated clusters     Tubular: N     Flowering Period: Mar - Jun
Description: Flower colors vary with white, pink, purplish or reddish hues. Has 5 petals to 1-1/2 inches wide developing in clusters along the upper stems. Individual flowers have 3 green sepals.


Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Grayish-green     Leaf Type: Simple     Leaf Shape: Triangular     Leaf Margin: Lobed     Leaf Attachment: Alternate     Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves     Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaves are triangular with 3 lobes with scalloped edges. To 2-1/2 inches long and wide.


Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Brown   
Fruit Notes: Brown dry fruits (schizocarps) split into separate one-seeded segments at maturity.
Seed Notes: Immature seeds are at first quite spherical as implied by the genus name, later flattening to a disk.



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