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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mallows, Rock Roses, and Allies
  6. Mallow Family
  7. Globemallows
  8. Tufted Globemallow

species 76 observations

Tufted Globemallow

Sphaeralcea caespitosa

Status
native
Bees
2 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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17 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it West Coast Lady, Small Checkered-Skipper, Common Checkered-Skipper 3
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Globe Mallow Bee, Calliopsis subalpina 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mourning Dove 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Acmaeodera pubiventris, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Western Carpenter Bee, Wide-striped Sweat Bee 11

Children

  • Railroad Valley Globemallow

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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