Malvaceae
Coulter's globemallow
Sphaeralcea coulteri
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sphaeralcea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Coulter's globemallow
Synonyms
- Malvastrum coulteri S.Watson
- Malvastrum multiflorum Greene
- Malveopsis coulteri (S.Watson) Kuntze
- Sphaeralcea californica Rose
- Sphaeralcea coulteri subsp. californica Kearney
- Sphaeralcea coulteri subsp. margaritae Kearney
- Sphaeralcea coulteri var. californica (Rose) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea coulteri var. coulteri
- Sphaeralcea coulteri var. margaritae (Brandegee) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea margaritae Brandegee
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.