Eremalche rotundifolia

Eremalche rotundifolia
Eremalche rotundifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Eremalche
Species: E. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Eremalche rotundifolia
(A.Gray) Greene

Desert five-spot (Eremalche rotundifolia), is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to the Mojave Desert in the southwestern United States, where it is found between 50 and 1,500 m altitude in open places, sandy and rocky areas, and in washes. It can be found in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and in Death Valley National Park in southern California.

It is an annual plant growing to 8–60 cm tall, with rounded leaves 1.5–6 cm broad with a toothed margin. The flowers are rose-pink to lilac with five petals, each with a dark red spot at the base.

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