''Eremalche exilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the
mallow family
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar o ...
known as white mallow or desert mallow. It is native to
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...
, 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 in maximum length. The leaves are up to 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 wide. The fruit is disc divided into up to 13 segments. It flowers in the late winter to spring.
References
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Malveae
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora of Baja California