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Malvaceae

Fendler's globemallow

Sphaeralcea fendleri A.Gray

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sphaeralcea

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Fendler's globemallow: Holotype of Sphaeralcea tripartita Wooton & Standley, O.B. Metcalfe 1103, NMC.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Fendler's globemallow, Thicket globemallow

Synonyms

  • Sphaeroma fendleri Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.