Wildflowers of Tucson, Arizona
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Sphaeralcea emoryi - Emory's Globemallow Sphaeralcea emoryi - Emory's Globemallow
Scientific Name: Sphaeralcea emoryi
Common Name: Emory's Globemallow
Flower Color: Orange, orange-scarlet, pink, lavender
Plant Type: Subshrub, Herb, Perennial
Height: To 3 feet (91 cm) tall
Date Observed: August 20, 2002
Notes: The 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide flowers have 5 petals and yellow anthers. The 3-lobed leaves have finely scalloped margins and are alternate, greenish gray, crinkled, thickened, covered in dense, fine, grayish white hair, elongated ovate-triangular in shape with a heart-shaped base, and only moderately narrow.
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