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Parry's Mallow
Eremalche parryi
  
2 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Parry's Mallow (Eremalche parryi) 2 Nurseries Carry This Plant Eremalche parryi is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Parry's mallow. It is endemic to California, where it grows in several types of habitat from the Diablo Range and down the Inner South California Coast Ranges to the Transverse Ranges, and across the San Joaquin Valley. Eremalche parryi is an annual herb growing erect to half a meter in maximum height. The leaves are up to 5 centimeters long and divided into several tooth-tipped lobes. The flowers are located in leaf axils and sometimes at the stem tips. The flower varies in size, the petals half a centimeter to 2. 5 centimeters long. They are white to light purple or pink.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb

Size
Size
1.6 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink, White, Purple

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 3 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Heliopetes ericetorum Image
Northern White-Skipper Heliopetes ericetorumHeliopetes ericetorum
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Vanessa annabella Image
West Coast Lady Vanessa annabellaVanessa annabella
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Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Landscaping Information
Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 2

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.7" - 47.2", Summer Precipitation: 0.12" - 2.27", Coldest Month: 23.0" - 51.9", Hottest Month: 45.4" - 78.9", Humidity: 0.66" - 28.65", Elevation: 74" - 10375"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Kern Mallow


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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