PLANTS Profile for Sphaeralcea ambigua (desert globemallow)

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PLANTS Profile

Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray
desert globemallow

Symbol:

SPAM2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malvaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray

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Distribution:
Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 25 species in Sphaeralcea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Sphaeralcea ambigua ssp. ambigua
apricot globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua ssp. monticola
desert globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua ssp. rosacea
rose globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua ssp. rugosa
desert globemallow

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Malvales
Family	Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus	Sphaeralcea A. St.-Hil. – globemallow
Species	Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray – desert globemallow

More Accounts and Images:
Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21910.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 01:58 AM MDT