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California wild hollyhock

Iliamna latibracteata

Also called California Globe Mallow

A large perennial herb in the mallow family, native to coniferous forests of the Klamath Mountains in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, with pink-lavender cup-shaped flowers. It is an uncommon wild species, so care advice is drawn from its relatives in the genus and general horticultural practice.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season, letting the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings, and reduce in winter.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile loam or gritty mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy to about -15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Oregon to California
Climate
temperate

About

Iliamna latibracteata is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names California globe mallow and California wild hollyhock.

It is endemic to the coniferous forests of the Klamath Mountains, in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon

Other Iliamna plants

Baker's wild hollyhock · Peter's Mountain Mallow · Longsepal wild hollyhock · Kankakee Globe Mallow · Streambank wild hollyhock · Wild hollyhock

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iliamna latibracteata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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