Flora of North America species comparison

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Sphaeralcea ambigua

apricot mallow, desert globemallow, desert mallow
Habit Plants perennial.
Stems

erect, yellow-green or gray to white, 5–10 dm, yellow-green- or gray- to white-canescent.
Mericarp

, brown, glabrous or pubescent.

Sphaeralcea ambigua
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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Discussion

Varieties 4 (3 in the flora).

Sphaeralcea ambigua var. versicolor (Kearney) Kearney is known from Baja California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Petals lavender, pink, or white.
var. rosacea
1. Petals apricot or red-orange
→ 2
2. Leaf blades not markedly rugose.
var. ambigua
2. Leaf blades markedly rugose.
var. rugosa
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 359.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Sphaeralcea
Sibling taxa
S. angustifolia, S. caespitosa, S. coccinea, S. coulteri, S. digitata, S. emoryi, S. fendleri, S. fumariensis, S. gierischii, S. grossulariifolia, S. hastulata, S. incana, S. laxa, S. leptophylla, S. lindheimeri, S. moorei, S. munroana, S. orcuttii, S. parvifolia, S. pedatifida, S. polychroma, S. procera, S. psoraloides, S. rusbyi, S. wrightii
Subordinate taxa
S. ambigua var. ambigua, S. ambigua var. rosacea, S. ambigua var. rugosa
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 292. (1887)
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