eremicola (Jepson) Kearney
Pronunciation: sfeer-ALL-see-a RUS-bee-eye
er-em-i-KO-la
Common name: Rusby's desert mallow
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
Habitat: Desert scrub to 4500', northern Mojave
Desert Mts, Death Valley, Clark Mts, northeast San
Bernardino Co.
Blooming period: May
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Sphaeralcea
(2) rusbyi (3) eremicola