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Malvaceae Wildflowers


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One unusual characteristic of the malvaceae (mallow) family is the hair covering - the hairs are short but branched, and often star-like, imparting an even, velvety texture to the leaves and stems. Plants are herbs or shrubs, usually producing flowers in small clusters. Leaves are often divided, toothed or lobed (but not compound), and they have palmate veins. Stipules are usually present at the base of the leaf stalks. Flowers consist of five sepals (less often three or four), usually fused at the base, and five petals, separate but often overlapping. At the center are many stamens, arranged in a ring around one or more pistils. The US has 76 genera and 350 species.

Abutilon palmeri
Palmer's indian mallow
Abutilon palmeri
Eremalche rotundifolia
Desert five-spot
Eremalche rotundifolia
Herissantia crispa
Curly bladder mallow
Herissantia crispa
Hibiscus coulteri
Desert rosemallow
Hibiscus coulteri
Hibiscus denudatus
Paleface rock hibiscus
Hibiscus denudatus
Horsfordia newberryi
Newberry's velvet-mallow
Horsfordia newberryi
Iliamna rivularis
Streambank globemallow
Iliamna rivularis
Malacothamnus densiflorus
Yellowstem bush mallow
Malacothamnus densiflorus
Sidalcea candida
White checkermallow
Sidalcea candida
Sidalcea malviflora
Checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
Sidalcea neomexicana
New mexico checkermallow
Sidalcea neomexicana
Sidalcea ranunculacea
Marsh checkerbloom
Sidalcea ranunculacea
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Copper globemallow
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Scarlet globemallow
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Sphaeralcea fendleri
Fendler's globemallow
Sphaeralcea fendleri
Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
Gooseberry-leaved globemallow
Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
Sphaeralcea munroana
Munro's globemallow
Sphaeralcea munroana
Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Small-leaf globemallow
Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Sphaeralcea rusbyi
Rusby's desert-mallow
Sphaeralcea rusbyi
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