Orange Wildflower
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Name: Sphaeralcea
laxa Common Name: Caliche Globemallow Flower Color: Orange, orange-scarlet Plant Type: Subshrub, Herb, Perennial Height: To 3 feet (91 cm) tall, but often less Date Observed: August 24, 2002 Notes: The 5-petaled flowers have dark maroon anthers. The leaves are alternate, green, broadly scalloped, stippled with whitish hairs, almost as wide as long, and palmately lobed with 3 main lobes. It looks more delicate than other Sphaeralcea spp. It grows in high pH soils containing calcium carbonate (caliche). |
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