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Sonoran Desert Mallows

Shrubs, perennial herbs, and annuals. Distinctive flower and fruit: Numerous stamens united into a tube around the central style. Usu. with five separate petals. Fruit five to many carpels joined in a radial pattern (schizocarp). Many, many species in the Sonoran Desert; only seven shown so far ...

Desert Globe Mallow

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Cheeseweed Mallow

Malva parviflora

Abundant spring perennial or subshrub along roadsides, washes, near agric. fields and washes. Flowers shade from orange to pink. Leaves with gritty, stellate hairs. Detailed Description

Abundant, non-native, winter and spring weed found in urban and agricultural settings, vacant lots and in disturbed desert habitats. Flowers very obscure in leaf axils. Detailed Description

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Indian Mallow	Abutilon incanum	Bladder-Mallow	Herissantia crispa
Common small shrubby plant found on rocky slopes and in canyons of the Sonoran Desert. Small, yellowish-orange flowers. Soft velvet leaves. Detailed Description		Frail semi-shrub with pail yellow-orange flowers. Sepals surrounding the fruit enlarge and become a papery sac. Flower stalks have a characteristic bend. Fairly common on rocky slopes at mid to upper elevations in the Sonoran Desert. Detailed Description
Desert Rose Mallow	Hibiscus coulteri	Yellow Felt Plant	Horsfordia newberryi
A weakly woody shrub found along canyon washes and on rocky hillsides. Showy yellow mallow flowers. Leaves digitately divided. Detailed Description		Woody shrub with one to a few erect stems. Uncommon on hillsides mostly in the lower elevations of the Sonoran Desert. Stems with distinct yellow-brown cast due to abundant stellate hairs. Smallish yellow flowers. Detailed Description