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Malvaceae
Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert grace.
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sphaeralcea
- Native to
- Southwestern United States, northern Mexico
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 2-3 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- sandy, well-drained
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 7-10
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The cup-shaped apricot flowers can blanket whole hillsides after a wet desert spring.
- It's one of the most heat- and drought-tolerant flowering shrubs of the American Southwest.
- The fine hairs on the leaves can irritate eyes — its other name is 'sore eye poppy.'
- Native bees of the genus Diadasia specialize almost exclusively on globemallow flowers.
- It blooms again after summer monsoon rains, providing two flushes of color per year.
Color meanings
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resilience
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warmth