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White Mallow
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 hairy stems approaching 40 centimeters in maximum length. The leaves are up to 2.5 centimeters long and have 3 to 5 lobes which may...
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Description
It is an annual herb growing mostly decumbent along the ground with hairy stems approaching 40 cm (16 in) in maximum length. The leaves are up to 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long and have three to five lobes which may be toothed at the tips. Solitary flowers can be found in the leaf axils, each a white, pink, or very pale purple cup usually less than 1 cm (0.39 in) wide. The fruit is disc divided into up to 13 segments. It flowers in the late winter to spring.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58199.