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MALVACEAE, Mallow Family

Plants of the Mallow family found in Anza-Borrego include:

Trailing Mallow (Eremalche exilis)
Desert Five-Spot (Eremalche rotudiflora)

Desert Hibiscus or Pale Face (Hibiscus denudatus)

Checkerbloom (Sidalcea malvaeflora ssp. sparsifolia)

Grenadine Desert or Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua)
Rose Desert or Parish's Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea)
Thick-leaf Desert Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa)
Narrow-leaf Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea angustifolia)

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