Eremalche
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Genus Eremalche is a small group of flowering plants in the mallow family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...

. They are endemic to the United States desert southwest
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States is a region defined in different ways by different sources. Broad definitions include nearly a quarter of the United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah...

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Species:
  • Eremalche exilis
    Eremalche exilis
    Eremalche exilis is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name white mallow. It is native to Baja California and the southwestern United States where it grows in desert and other dry scrub habitats. It is an annual herb growing mostly decumbent along the ground with...

    - white mallow
  • Eremalche parryi
    Eremalche parryi
    Eremalche parryi is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Parry's mallow. It is endemic to California, where it grows in several types of habitat from the inner San Francisco Bay Area to the Transverse Ranges. This is an annual herb growing erect to half a meter...

    - Parry's mallow
  • Eremalche rotundifolia
    Desert five-spot
    Desert five-spot , is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States, where it is found between 50 and 1,500 m altitude in open places, sandy and rocky areas, and in washes...

    - desert five-spot


The California endangered plant sometimes called Eremalche kernensis is today generally considered to be a subspecies of Parry's mallow, Eremalche parryi ssp kernensis.

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