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Sphaeralcea incana
Also called Soft Globe Mallow
Gray globemallow is a drought-tolerant desert subshrub from the southwestern US and northern Mexico, valued for its orange flowers that attract native bees and butterflies. It thrives in full sun and sharp drainage.
Sphaeralcea incana, with the common names gray globemallow and soft globemallow, is a desert plant in the mallow family (Malvaceae).
The plant is native to Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert ecoregions of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is found in the states of Arizona, Chihuahua, New Mexico, Sonora, and Texas.
The plant's flowers are of special value to native species of bees and butterflies.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphaeralcea incana 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.
