Ranging in size from delicate 6-inch annuals to coarse, woody perennials
4 feet high, the globemallows vary in color from creamy white to pink,
rose, peach, and lavender. Desert-mallows flaunt their graceful,
blossom-covered stems along roadsides or on the banks of sandy washes.
Because some people are allergic to them, globemallows are called
“sore-eye poppies” in parts of southern Arizona, and in Lower California
are known as _plantas muy malas_ (very bad plants).
_Sphaeralcea ambigua_ Mallow Family
[Illustration: DESERT-MALLOW]