After a desert wildfire, Desert Globemallow can be spectacular |
After a desert wildfire, Desert Globemallow can be spectacular |
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Top of leaf: leaf covered with dense, fine gray hairs |
Bottom of leaf: note aphids hiding under the leaf |
Top of leaf: leaf covered with dense, fine gray hairs |
Bottom of leaf |
Stem covered with dense, fine gray hairs |
Stem details: stellate (star-shaped) hairs |
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Flowers are orange and radial, with a clump of stamens in the center |
Sepals, like the rest of the plant, covered with dense, fine hairs |
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Dried flowerheads (loculicidal fruit capsules) |
Fruit capsules with black seeds |
Fruit capsule with black seeds |
Empty fruit capsule (seeds have scattered) |
Desert Globemallow on a winter landscape |
Desert Globemallow stems with dried flowers during winter |
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
Desert Globemallow during late winter: leaves beginning to sprout |
During late winter, leaves sprout from the base |
During late winter, leaves sprout from the base |
During early spring, flower emerge alongside old stems |
During early spring, flower emerge alongside old stems |