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Pronunciation: sfeer-AL-see-a am-BIG-yoo-a roo-GO-sa
Common name: Desert globemallow
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
Habitat: Dry slopes. desert scrub to 8000', joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, yellow pine forest, southern Mojave Desert and San Jacinto Mts to northern Baja
Blooming period: March to September
Name derivations: 1) Sphaeralcea 2) ambigua 3) rugosa