globe mallow
noun
: any of a genus (Sphaeralcea) of coarse herbs of the mallow family found in arid regions of North and South America and often having clusters of cup-shaped pink or scarlet flowers
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Mexican gold poppies, scorpionweed, fiddleneck, plantains, globe mallow, bladderpod, brittlebush and popcorn flowers battle to maintain ground in the stinknet stronghold.
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Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
Wax current shrubs, prickly poppies, globe mallow, rare Graham’s tick-trefoil and the ubiquitous sunflowers sprout from seemingly inhospitable volcanic scree.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
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Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
Wax current shrubs, prickly poppies, globe mallow, rare Graham’s tick-trefoil and the ubiquitous sunflowers sprout from seemingly inhospitable volcanic scree.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
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“Globe mallow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globe%20mallow. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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