![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_02985a.jpg)
After a desert wildfire, Desert Globemallow can be spectacular |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_02984a.jpg)
After a desert wildfire, Desert Globemallow can be spectacular |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_15416a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_14390a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24645a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24703a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24625a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_00200a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_15325a.jpg)
Top of leaf: leaf covered with dense, fine gray hairs |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_15326a.jpg)
Bottom of leaf: note aphids hiding under the leaf |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23783a.jpg)
Top of leaf: leaf covered with dense, fine gray hairs |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23784a.jpg)
Bottom of leaf |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24628a.jpg)
Stem covered with dense, fine gray hairs |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24628b.jpg)
Stem details: stellate (star-shaped) hairs |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/D80B_01493a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24646a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23785a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23786a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24626a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_24627a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_15329a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23789a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_15322a.jpg)
Flowers are orange and radial, with a clump of stamens in the center |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_15323a.jpg)
Sepals, like the rest of the plant, covered with dense, fine hairs |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/IMG_20837a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23788a.jpg) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_26029a.jpg)
Dried flowerheads (loculicidal fruit capsules) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_26326a.jpg)
Fruit capsules with black seeds |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_26328a.jpg)
Fruit capsule with black seeds |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_26030a.jpg)
Empty fruit capsule (seeds have scattered) |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_21368a.jpg)
Desert Globemallow on a winter landscape |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_21369a.jpg)
Desert Globemallow stems with dried flowers during winter |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_21370a.jpg)
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_21371a.jpg)
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_21373a.jpg)
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_21982a.jpg)
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_22398a.jpg)
During late winter, leaves sprout from the base |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_22399a.jpg)
During late winter, leaves sprout from the base |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23779a.jpg)
During early spring, flower emerge along side old stems |
![Desert Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)](p-sa/RX10_23782a.jpg)
During early spring, flower emerge along side old stems |