Malvaceae
Spear globemallow
Sphaeralcea hastulata
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sphaeralcea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spear globemallow
Synonyms
- Sphaeralcea arenaria Wooton & Standl.
- Sphaeralcea glabrescens Wooton & Standl.
- Sphaeralcea martii Cockerell
- Sphaeralcea pumila Wooton & Standl.
- Sphaeralcea simulans Wooton & Standl.
- Sphaeralcea subhastata J.M.Coult.
- Sphaeralcea subhastata subsp. connata Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata subsp. latifolia Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata subsp. martii Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata subsp. pumila Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata subsp. thyrsoidea Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata var. connata (Kearney) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata var. latifolia (Kearney) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata var. martii (Cockerell) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata var. pumila (Wooton & Standl.) Kearney
- Sphaeralcea subhastata var. thyrsoidea (Kearney) Kearney
- Sphaeroma hastulatum (A.Gray) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.