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It is a perennial shrub that can reach up to 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) tall. [3] [6] It produces red hanging tubular flowers with stamens that stick out.It has pointed, ovular leaves and hairy stems. [6]
It has small white or pink flowers year-round at the base of leaf stalks; flowers have 4–10 mm long petals. [5] [7] The 2 mm seeds are reddish-brown and kidney-shaped. [7] Newly sprouted plants have hairless, heart-shaped cotyledons with long stalks. These cotyledons are 3–12 mm long and 3–8 mm wide. Stalks usually do have hairs.
Sphaeralcea parvifolia, commonly called small-leaved globe-mallow or small-leaf globemallow, is a species of plant native to the western United States in the Great Basin and Colorado River drainage. It is medium sized herbaceous species that has showy orange flower spikes. It is used in wildflower and dry gardens.
It has dicot leaves which vary in shape from 3-5-lobed to un-lobed or undivided in the upper leaves of the plant and are generally the size of a small child's hand, about 10×10 cm. [2] [5] They tend to be alternate, simple, and deeply cut with crenate or jagged edges. [1] Leaf color is observed as a dark maroon to a patchy red/green appearance.
Malva is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe. [3] The leaves are alternate, palmately lobed.
Sphaeralcea is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family . There are about 40-60 species, including annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Most originate in the drier regions of North America, with some known from South America. They are commonly known as globemallows, globe mallows, false mallows or falsemallows.
Sphaeralcea coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet globemallow, [1] scarlet mallow, cowboy's delight, prairie mallow, red false mallow, or simply as globe mallow [2] is a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves.
Abutilon indicum (Indian abutilon, Indian mallow) is a small shrub in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions. This plant is a valuable medicinal and ornamental plant, its roots and leaves being used for curing fevers. It has been widely introduced outside of its native range, and is considered invasive on certain ...