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Horsfordia alata

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Species of flowering plant

Horsfordia alata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Horsfordia
Species: H. alata
Binomial name
Horsfordia alata
(S.Watson) A.Gray

Horsfordia alata, with the common names pink velvet mallow and pink velvetmallow, is a shrubby desert plant in the mallow family (Malvaceae).

Distribution

The plant is endemic to the Sonoran Desert ecoregion, in the Colorado Desert sub-ecoregion of southern California and in southwestern Arizona; and in Sonora and Baja California states of northwestern Mexico.

It grows in creosote bush scrub habitats, at elevations of 100–600 metres (330–1,970 ft).

See also

References

  1. ^ Calflora: Horsfordia alata
  2. USDA: Horsfordia alata
  3. Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688

External links

Taxon identifiers
Horsfordia alata
Sida alata


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