Calflora: Sphaeralcea ambigua

Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray

Desert Mallow, Deserthollyhock, apricot mallow, desert globemallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Habitat:	slopes [Walker]
Elevation:	between 0 and 8202 feet
Family:	MALVACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Sphaeralcea found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa

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Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Imperial: 69 / 68 CCH Inyo: 257 / 237 CCH Kern: 39 / 34 CCH Los Angeles: 11 / 9 CCH Mono: 31 / 27 CCH Mariposa: 1 / 1 CCH Marin: 1 / 1 CCH Napa: 1 / 1 CCH Orange: 3 / 2 CCH Riverside: 290 / 277 CCH Santa Barbara: 2 / 1 CCH San Bernardino: 453 / 434 CCH San Diego: 173 / 163 CCH Siskiyou: 1 / 1 CCH San Luis Obispo: 1 / 1 CCH Tulare: 5 / 5 CCH Ventura: 1 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Sphaeralcea ambigua from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (SPAM2)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database