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    • Plants in the Garden
      • Brittlebush
      • Buckhorn Cholla
      • Canyon Ragweed
      • Catclaw
      • Chuparosa
      • Compass Barrel Cactus
      • Creosote Bush
      • Desert Christmas Cholla
      • Desert Hackberry
      • Desert Lavendar
      • Desert Mistletoe
      • Engelmann’s Prickly Pear
      • Flat Top Buckwheat
      • Foothill Palo Verde
      • Globemallow
      • Ironwood Tree
      • Mormon Tea
      • Ocotillo
      • Oreganillo
      • Pincushion Cactus
      • Pink Fairy Duster
      • Saguaro
      • Strawberry Hedgehog
      • Teddy Bear Cholla
      • Triangle Leaf Bursage
      • Trixis
      • Velvet Mesquite
      • Viquiera (Golden Eye)
      • White Ratany
      • Wolfberry Bush
    • Informational Sites
      • The Sonoran Desert
      • Saguaro with a Rat’s Staircase
      • Historical Dam
      • Quartz Vein
      • Granite Boulders
      • Lichen
      • Desert Varnish
      • Bright Cobblestone Lichen (Acarospora socialis)
      • Saguaro Skeleton
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Home » Learn » Plants in the Garden » Globemallow

Globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

1′-6’ tall. Numerous stems from a single root.

Flowers are cup-like, 1.5”.

Flowers orange-red to pink to lavender in color.

Long blooming season.

Grayish maple shaped hairy leaves, scalloped edges.

Also called Desert Mallow, Desert Hollyhock, Apricot Mallow.

Plants in the Garden

  • Strawberry Hedgehog
  • Flat Top Buckwheat
  • Pincushion Cactus
  • White Ratany
  • Ocotillo
  • Desert Lavendar
  • Trixis
  • Desert Hackberry
  • Viquiera (Golden Eye)
  • Foothill Palo Verde
  • Desert Mistletoe
  • Wolfberry Bush
  • Buckhorn Cholla
  • Ironwood Tree
  • Saguaro
  • Desert Christmas Cholla
  • Brittlebush
  • Globemallow
  • Chuparosa
  • Catclaw
  • Compass Barrel Cactus
  • Velvet Mesquite
  • Oreganillo
  • Canyon Ragweed
  • Creosote Bush
  • Engelmann’s Prickly Pear
  • Teddy Bear Cholla
  • Pink Fairy Duster
  • Mormon Tea
  • Triangle Leaf Bursage
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