SCARLET GLOBE-MALLOW 



Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia (Hooker and Arnott) Rydberg 



Scarlet globe-mallow is one of the showy plants of the Arizona 

 mesas and river valleys, where often it grows in great abundance. 

 The flowers commonly are scarlet, but they are equally handsome 

 when of a paler hue. They are produced in spikelike panicles on the 

 upper part of stems so weak that they bend gracefully before the 

 wind. By the Mexicans the plant is called malojo, "eye-bane," because 

 the small, branched, starlike hairs on the leaves and stems adhere to 

 the fingers in handling, and if brushed into the eyes, cause irritation 

 and pain. 



This brilliant member of the Mallow Family is very common in 

 Arizona, and ranges northward to Idaho and Wyoming. 



The specimen sketched was gathered near the Desert Laboratory 

 of the Carnegie Institution at Tucson, Arizona. 



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