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Photo by Tony Frates; Bill Gray; Bill Gray; Bill Gray; Bill Gray
Photo Courtesy of Utah Native Plant Society; Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA
Gierisch's globemallow
Sphaeralcea gierischii
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G1
State (S-rank): S1
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Phenology
Flowers from mid-April to early May.
Species range
This species is known from a very limited range in Washington County, Utah, and immediately adjacent Mohave County, Arizona.
Threats or limiting factors
Habitat loss and degredation is the primary threat to this species (USFWS 2024).Gypsum mining has impacted at least one occurrence (USFWS 2024). Also threatened by highway and power line construction, urban development, recreation, grazing, climate change, altered fire regimes, and introduced plants (Harper 1997, Stubben 1997, USFWS 2000, USFWS 2024). The inheriently small distribution and population size of this species may increase the species’ vulnerability to threats (USFWS 2024).
