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Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Also called Small Leaf Globemallow, Small Flowered Globemallow, Palmleaf Globemallow
Small-leaf globemallow is a low, woody-based perennial from the dry western U.S. with orange flower spikes, grown in wildflower and xeriscape gardens. Its key to success is excellent drainage and sun, since it is adapted to dry, open ground.
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.
Small-leaf globemallow is used in xeriscape gardening and as a naturalizing plant. It prefers productive soils rather than a barren soils. It is winter hardy in USDA zones 5–10.
Sphaeralcea parvifolia grows in much of the Four Corners region of the United States west to the Sierra Nevada. They grow throughout the state of Nevada, most of Utah and Arizona, and the western portions of Colorado and New Mexico. They also are found in Idaho, but listed as an introduced species in that state by Plants of the World Online. It grows in especially large numbers in north-central and northern Arizona.
Desert globemallow · Copper globemallow · Scarlet globemallow · Coulter's globemallow · Emory's globemallow · La Luna Globemallow · Gierisch's globemallow · Gooseberryleaf globemallow · Gray globemallow · Caliche globemallow · Munro's globemallow · Rusby's globemallow
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphaeralcea parvifolia 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.
