UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0039412
UCR-BPS-163322
UCR-163322
Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray
Malvaceae
A.C. Sanders (2005)
B.G. Pitzer
3389
1998-01-24
1998-1-24
United States, California, Riverside, north foot of Chuckwalla Mountains. Eagle Mt Rd, south side of Hwy I-10, 0.8 mile south of hwy at powerline rd, and wash directly south of road
33.68667 -115.42333
PH 4E 2N
500 meters (1640ft)
Creosote bush scrub on alluvial fan, with Larrea, Ambrosia dumosa, Psorothamnus schottii, Opuntia ramosissima, O. bigelovii, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria, etc.; desert riparian species in wash.
Flowering
Uncommon shrub among rocks; one in bloom, others in late bud. Fls. orange.