| Family | MALVACEAE |
| Genus species | Sphaeralcea hastulata A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 17 (1852) |
| Native Range | Arizona to Texas and Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 800-2100m |
| Description | leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, base more or less hastate, flowers 1-3, in axils of upper leaves |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | orange |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Sphaeralcea arenaria Wooton & Standl. Sphaeralcea glabrescens Wooton & Standl. Sphaeralcea martii Cockerell Sphaeralcea pumila Wooton & Standl. Sphaeralcea simulans Wooton & Standl. Sphaeralcea subhastata J.M.Coult. Sphaeralcea subhastata ssp. connata Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata var. latifolia (Kearney) Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata ssp. latifolia Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata var. martii (Cockerell) Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata ssp. martii (Cockerell) Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata var. pumila (Wooton & Standl.) Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata ssp. pumila (Wooton & Standl.) Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata var. thyrsoidea (Kearney) Kearney Sphaeralcea subhastata ssp. thyrsoides Kearney Sphaeroma hastulatum (A.Gray) Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest) |