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|accepted_name=Eremalche rotundifolia
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|place=1: 208. 1906
|year=1906
}}
|common_names=Desert five-spot
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Malvastrum rotundifolium
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts.
|publication_place=7: 333. 1868
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sphaeralcea rotundifolia
|authority=(A. Gray) Jepson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Eremalche;Eremalche rotundifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eremalche]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eremalche rotundifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 247
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>erect; main stem unbranched or branched from base, spotted or flushed purple-maroon, 8–30(–60) cm, sparsely or densely hairy, hairs mostly simple, bristly, to 3 mm. <b>Leaf</b> blades unlobed, 1.5–6 cm, margins crenate-dentate. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually exceeding leaves. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.5–8 cm; involucellar bractlets filiform, 6–10 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 9–14 mm, lobes 5.5–11 × 3.5–7 mm; petals rose-pink to lilac, magenta-spotted at base, (15–)20–30 mm, exceeding calyx. <b>Mericarps</b> 25–36, black, waferlike edges acute, reticulate, 2.8–3.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid winter–late spring.
|habitat=Dry desert scrub
|elevation=?50–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Eremalche rotundifolia</i> is morphologically and perhaps generically distinct from the other species of <i>Eremalche</i>; it occurs widely in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts and in Death Valley.</p>
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name=Eremalche rotundifolia
|authority=(A. Gray) Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sphaeralcea rotundifolia
|basionyms=Malvastrum rotundifolium
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid winter–late spring.
|habitat=Dry desert scrub
|elevation=?50–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|publication year=1906
|special status=Illustrated
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Eremalche
|species=Eremalche rotundifolia
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