Sphaeralcea ambigua, is a species of flowering plant commonly known as desert globemallow or apricot mallow, for its predominantly orange blooms.

[4] The leaves (see image) are fuzzy with white hairs on both sides, lobed, palmately veined, and on long stems, the number of which increase with age.

The fruit is a brown capsule containing numerous seeds, first quite spherical as implied by the genus name, later flattening to a disk.

The flowers are bowl-shaped, five-petaled, apricot to orange in color (although morphs may be white or light pink[5]), and blooming in the spring.

[1][2] It grows well in alkaline soil, both sandy and clay, usually in the company of creosote bush scrub and desert chaparral habitats, at 150–2,500 metres (490–8,200 ft) in elevation.