| Eremalche exilis | |
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| In San Diego County, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Eremalche |
| Species: | E. exilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremalche exilis (A.Gray) Greene | |
Eremalche exilis is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known as white mallow or desert mallow. It is native to Baja California, Mexico and the southwestern United States where it grows in desert and other dry scrub habitats.
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.
References
- USDA Plants Profile
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ Bates, David M. (2015). "Eremalche exilis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 6. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Eremalche exilis |
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| Malvastrum exile | |