Eremalche parryi is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Parry's mallow.
| Eremalche parryi | |
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| subsp. parryi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Eremalche |
| Species: | E. parryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eremalche parryi | |
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.
Description
editEremalche 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.
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Subspecies
edit- Eremalche parryi ssp. kernensis — Kern mallow [1]
- A rare plant known only from western Kern County, California around the tiny community of McKittrick and Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County.[2]
- Regardless of designation, Kern mallow is still a federally listed endangered species. Threats to the Kern mallow's survival include the construction of and impacts to the watershed from the California Aqueduct and grazing, pesticide use, and land conversion in the heavily agricultural San Joaquin Valley region where it grows.
- Eremalche parryi ssp. parryi [3]
References
editExternal links
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Media related to Eremalche parryi at Wikimedia Commons- Calflora: Eremalche parryi (Parry's mallow)
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- The Nature Conservancy[permanent dead link]
- Photo gallery
