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Sphaeralcea rusbyi
Also called Cutleaf Globemallow, Gila Globemallow, Rusby's Desert Mallow
Rusby's globemallow is a perennial desert shrub in the mallow family, native to the southwestern US, with red-orange flowers on hairy stems. Give it full sun, sharp drainage and very little water once established.
Sphaeralcea rusbyi is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Rusby's globemallow and Rusby's desert-mallow. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it can be found in various types of desert habitat. The species is generally divided into three subtaxa which grow in separate sections of the desert southwest. In general, the plant produces hairy or woolly stems which can reach three meters tall. The leaves are lobed or compound. The flowers each have five red-orange petals up to 2 centimeters long.
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 · Smallflower globemallow
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphaeralcea rusbyi 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.
