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 Leaves Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Fruit Ries Lindley @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
When compared to the other common globemallows, this plant has a grayer, rougher, cruder, more stiff-looking appearance.
Identification notes: Perennial; densely gray, hairy herbage; stems to 4 feet, leaves thick, large, ovate, 3-lobed. mostly longer than wide; elongated flower stems narrow, many-flowered, flowers pink, orange or pale purple; walls of reproductive organs very thin.
Height:
To 4 feet
Habitat Description: Deserts, sagebrush flats; sandy areas, foothills and sometimes disturbed areas such as roadsides.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Below 3000 feet
Color:
Pink, orange or pale purple
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Apr - May
Description:
Flowers 3 or more per node; elongated clusters; stems shorter than sepals; the whorl of sepals 1/4 to 1/2 inch; star-like to matted hairs; sharp or tapering lobes; petals 1/2 to 5/8 inch long.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Triangular
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems upright to leaning; hairy; relatively thick; leaves have finely scalloped margins, 3-lobed, alternate; dense, fine, grayish white hair, crinkled; thickened, elongated oval-triangular; heart-shaped base; moderately narrow.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Mericarp (split into separate 1-seeded segments at maturity); 1/16 to 1/4 inch; longer than wide; splitting section about as large as the body.
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