Malvaceae
Emory's globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sphaeralcea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Emory's globemallow
Synonyms
- Sphaeralcea arida Rose
- Sphaeralcea emoryi subsp. arida Kearney
- Sphaeralcea emoryi subsp. emoryi
- Sphaeralcea emoryi subsp. variabilis Kearney
- Sphaeralcea emoryi var. arida (Rose) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea emoryi var. emoryi
- Sphaeralcea emoryi var. variabilis (Cockerell) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea fendleri var. californica Parish
- Sphaeralcea fendleri var. variabilis (Cockerell) Cockerell
- Sphaeralcea variabilis Cockerell
- Sphaeroma emoryi (Torr. ex A.Gray) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: joedecruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.