Eremalche rotundifolia
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| Eremalche rotundifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Eremalche |
| Species: | E. rotundifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremalche rotundifolia (A.Gray) Greene |
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Desert five-spot (Eremalche rotundifolia), is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States, where it is found in open places, sandy and rocky areas, and in washes between 50 and 1,500 m in elevation. It can be found in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and in Death Valley National Park in southern California.
It is an annual plant growing to 8–60 cm tall, with rounded leaves 1.5–6 cm broad with a toothed margin. The flowers are rose-pink to lilac with five petals, each with a dark red spot at the base.
References [edit]
- Jepson Flora Project: Eremalche rotundifolia
- USDA Plant Profile: Eremalche rotundifolia
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 132
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