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Mallow Family

  

Malvaceae - Mallow family
Copper Mallow (Narrowleaf Globe Mallow) Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Flower 3/8"-3/4" wide, orange-coral color with lime green center. Plant shown is about 4 feet tall. Long gray-green leaves, 1 1/2"-3" long, and folded. Flowers come in a variety of colors from orange to red, pink to lavender.
Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, July 2004, May 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

                 

Malvaceae - Mallow family
Spear Globemallow (Spreading Globemallow, Wrinkled Globemallow) Sphaeralcea hastulata (Sphaeralcea subhastulata)
Bright orange flower 3/4"-1" wide. These sprawling plant stems grow 8"-16" long with one to several flowers blooming along each stem. Leaves have two small lobes at base, 1"-2" long. Leaves needing water fold and crinkle. Plant last until the first dry warm spell then disappear till fall.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004, April 2005
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

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Scarlet Globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea
Prolific orange flowers, 3/4"-1 1/2" wide, on spikes. Stems decumbent to ascending, 12"-21" long. Blooms in spring only. Many to few leaves. Leaves deeply lobed multiple times, nearly linear, hairy. Grows in sandy or gravelly open ground, roadsides.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown, Nolan, Fisher, Coke)

                 

Malvaceae - Mallow family
Bladderpod Sida (Buffpetal) Rhynchosida physocalyx
Pale yellow flower about 1/2" wide unfurls from a five sided, gusseted globe. Plants grow to about 10" tall.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

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Alkali Mallow Malvella leprosa
White flowers with a yellow or rose blush, 1" wide, from leaf axis, three bracts. Triangular to round leaves with fan-like ribs and crinkled edges, 1" long, wider than long, hairy, olive green. Decumbant to 12" tall. Blooms summer and winter. Grows yearly from rhizomes.
(Native of Texas - Taylor)
See similar ScrufyMallow

        

Malvaceae - Mallow family
Spreading Fanpetals (Spreading Sida) Sida abutifolia (S. filicaulis, S. procumbens)
Pale yellow flower about 1/2" wide with wide notch on petal edge. It unfurls from an orange pentagon. Sprawling plant with stems to about 18" long. Leaves are thick and have fine hair. Occasionally eaten by deer and cattle.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April-August 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke, Nolan)

              

Malvaceae - Mallow family
Texas Indian Mallow Abutilon fruticosa
Flower about 1" wide can be yellow, orange, or red. Stamens unite to form a column. Hairy leaves 1"-4" long with serrated edges. Upper leaves are smaller. Plant grows 1-6 feet tall in limy soil. The fibers of the stems have been used to make rope. Plant is decimated by overgrazing.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September 2005
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Coleman, Brown, Coke)
See similar Stickleaf

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Dwarf Abution (Dwarf Indian Mallow) Abutilon parvulum
Small flowers can be yellow, orange, or red, petals are very round, from leaf axis. Leaves oval to heart-shaped up to 2" long. Short shrub to decumbent.
(Native of Texas - Coke)