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Mallows

Malvaceae - Mallow family

Copper Mallow (Narrowleaf Globe Mallow) Sphaeralcea angustifolia

Flower 3/8"-3/4" wide, orange-coral color with lime green center.  Plant shown is about 4 feet tall.  Long gray-green leaves, 1 1/2"-3" long, and folded.  Flowers come in a variety of colors from orange to red, pink to lavender.

Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, May 2004

(Native of Texas)

Malvaceae - Mallow family

Spear Globemallow (Spreading Globemallow, Wrinkled Globemallow) Sphaeralcea hastulata (Sphaeralcea subhastulata)

Bright orange flower 3/4"-1" wide.  These sprawling plant stems grow 8"-16" long with one to several flowers blooming along each stem.  The folded, crinkled leaves have two small lobes at base, 1"-2" long.  They last until the first dry warm spell then disappear.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004 & April 2005

(Native of Texas - Nolan, Taylor, Jones, Brown, Eastland)

Similar Species

Scrufymallow Malvella lepidota

Flowers auxiliary, pink, white, to pale brownish yellow, rose upon drying.  Gray-green heart shaped leaves have crinkled edges.

(Native of Texas - Taylor)

Scarlet Globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea

Not a tall plant. Stems decumbent to ascending, 12"-21" long.  Prolific orange flowers 3/4"-1 1/2" wide.  Sepals with conspicuous long hairs.  Blooms in spring only.  Leaves deeply lobed multiple times, nearly linear.  Grows in sandy or gravelly open ground, roadsides.

(Native of Texas - Nolan, Fisher)

Point-seed Globemallow Sphaeralcea cuspidata

Blood red flowers, about 1" wide.  Gray-green leaves are narrow, toothed, and heart shaped, 1"-2" long.  Plant can get to 3 feet tall.  Grows in rocky sandy soils of Edwards Plateau.

(Native of Texas - Brown)

Palmleaf Globemallow Sphaeralcea pedatifida

Orange to pink flowers.  Deeply lobed leaves, 1/2"-1" long and equally wide.  Mid-lobe of leaf 2 times the length of lateral lobes.  Reclined plant with stems reaching 2 feet long.  Grows in rocky sandy soils of Edwards Plateau and South Texas Plains.

(Native of Texas - Taylor)

Malvaceae - Mallow family

Bladderpod Sida Rhynchosida physocalyx

Pale yellow flower about 1/2" wide unfurls from a five sided, gusseted globe.  Plants grow to about 10" tall.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2004

(Native of Texas)

Malvaceae - Mallow family

Spreading Fanpetals (Spreading Sida) Sida abutifolia (S. filicaulis, S. procumbens)

Pale yellow flower about 1/2" wide with wide notch on petal edge.  It unfurls from an orange pentagon.  Sprawling plant with stems to about 18" long.  Leaves are thick and have fine hair.  Occasionally eaten by deer and cattle.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April & August 2004

(Native of Texas)

Malvaceae - Mallow family

Texas Indian Mallow Abutilon fruticosa

Flower about 1" wide can be yellow, orange, or red.  Stamens unite to form a column.  Hairy leaves 1"-4" long with serrated edges.  Upper leaves are smaller.  Plant grows 1-6 feet tall in limy soil.  The fibers of the stems have been used to make rope.  Plant is decimated by overgrazing.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September 2005

(Native of Texas)

see similar    Stickleaf

Similar Species

Shrubby Indian Mallow Abutilon incanum

Small yellow flowers.

(Native of Texas)

Dwarf Abution (Dwarf Indian Mallow) Abutilon parvulum

Flowers are red.

(Native of Texas)

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