Eremalche rotundifolia (Desert Five Spot)

3/25/05 Roadside off Hwy. 178, just south of Salsberry Pass, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

4/4/04 Wash north of Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA 

 4/3/11 Sandy wash across Box Canyon Road from Meccacopia Trail, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

3/25/05 Ashford Mill Area, Death Valley National Park

4/28/01 Hector Road off I-40 between Ludlow and Newberry Spring, East Mojave, San Bernardino County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Desert Five Spot

SPECIES: Eremalche rotundifolia

FAMILY: Malvaceae (Mallow Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/28/2001

LOCATION: Hector Road off I-40 between Ludlow and Newberry Spring, East Mojave, San Bernardino County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem erect, 8–60 cm, sometimes branched from base; hairs generally simple, bristly

Leaf 1.5–6 cm wide, round-reniform, crenate

Inflorescence: flowers generally > leaves; bractlets 6–10 mm

Flower: calyx 9.5–14 mm, lobes 5.5–11 mm, 3.5–7 mm wide; petals 15–30 mm, pinkish purple, each with a bright purple basal blotch

Fruit: segments generally 25–35, 2.8–3.5 mm, wafer-like, margins sharp, outer wall net-veined

Ecology: Dry desert scrub

Elevation: -50–1200 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Desert 

Distribution outside California: Nevada, Arizona

Flowering time: Mar–May

Horticultural information: TRY.