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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Eremalche
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|place=1: 208. 1906
|year=1906
}}
|common_names=Desert mallow
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Eremalche
|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>
|etymology=Greek eremia, desert, and alkea, mallow, alluding to habitat
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 219, 247
|treatment_page=page 246
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, sometimes gynodioecious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>prostrate to erect, sparsely to densely hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule shape"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules caducous, subulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade quantity;blade architecture or shape;base shape;margin shape;margin architecture or shape">blade reniform-round, unlobed or palmately 3-, 5-, [7-] cleft, base truncate to cordate, margins usually toothed, sometimes entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, solitary flowers in lower axils, congested and ± corymbose at branch tips;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture or arrangement;flower arrangement;bractlet duration;bractlet quantity;bractlet fusion">involucellar bractlets persistent, 3, distinct.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="calyx size;calyx shape;calyx shape;lobe architecture or shape;lobe shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx not accrescent, not inflated, lobed to beyond middle, lobes not ribbed, acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="corolla shape;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration">corolla campanulate, white to rose, lavender, or mauve, drying purple or blue;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="staminal column position">staminal column included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary 9–36-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 1 per carpel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style architecture">styles 9–36-branched (branches equal in number to carpels);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma position or structure subtype;stigma architecture or shape">stigmas terminal, capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruits schizocarp orientation or shape;fruits schizocarp shape;fruits schizocarp architecture or shape;edge relief;edge relief;edge pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>schizocarps, oblique, not inflated, depressed-discoid, edge corrugate or reticulate, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="mericarp quantity;mericarp condition;mericarp coloration;mericarp architecture;mericarp shape;mericarp architecture;lateral wall dehiscence">mericarps 9–36, drying black, 1-celled, without spur, ± spheric, unarmed, lateral walls ± disintegrated, indehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>ascending, 1 per mericarp, black, obovoid-reniform, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed orientation;seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed pubescence;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades unlobed; petals magenta-spotted at base; mericarps 2.8–3.5 mm.
|[[Eremalche rotundifolia|Eremalche rotundifolia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves lobed or parted; petals not spotted; mericarps 1.4–1.8 mm
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Flowers bisexual; petals 4–5.5 mm, ± equaling calyx; plants prostrate to decumbent.
|[[Eremalche exilis|Eremalche exilis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Flowers bisexual or pistillate; petals 5.5–20(–25) mm, equaling or exceeding calyx; plants erect, main stem unbranched or with ascending branches from base.
|[[Eremalche parryi|Eremalche parryi]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Eremalche
|author=David M. Bates;Malvastrum A. Gray subsect. Pedunculosa A. Gray in A. Gray et al.;Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1;2): 308. 1897
|authority=Greene
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico
|reference=None
|publication title=Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit.
|publication year=1906
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_445.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Eremalche
|base shape=truncate;cordate
|blade architecture or shape=cleft
|blade quantity=[7
|blade shape=palmately;unlobed;reniform-round
|bractlet duration=persistent
|bractlet fusion=distinct
|bractlet quantity=3
|calyx shape=lobed;not inflated
|calyx size=not accrescent
|corolla coloration=white;rose lavender or mauve drying purple or blue
|corolla shape=campanulate
|edge pubescence=glabrous
|edge relief=reticulate;corrugate
|flower architecture or arrangement=congested
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower arrangement=corymbose
|fruits schizocarp architecture or shape=depressed-discoid
|fruits schizocarp orientation or shape=oblique
|fruits schizocarp shape=not inflated
|inflorescence position=axillary
|lateral wall dehiscence=indehiscent
|lobe architecture or shape=not ribbed
|lobe shape=acuminate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=toothed
|mericarp architecture=unarmed;1-celled
|mericarp coloration=black
|mericarp condition=drying
|mericarp quantity=9;36
|mericarp shape=spheric
|ovary architecture=9-36-carpellate
|ovule quantity=1
|seed coloration=black
|seed orientation=ascending
|seed pubescence=glabrous
|seed quantity=1
|seed shape=obovoid-reniform
|staminal column position=included
|stem orientation=prostrate;erect
|stem pubescence=hairy
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|stigma position or structure subtype=terminal
|stipule duration=caducous
|stipule shape=subulate
|style architecture=9-36-branched
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism reproduction=gynodioecious
|x chromosome quantity=10
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