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Horsfordia
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Horsfordia

Horsfordia is a small genus of flowering plants in the mallow family known commonly as velvetmallows. There are four species which are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. These are hairy subshrubs which bear light pink, lavender, or red-orange flowers.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Newberry's velvet-mallow

speciesHorsfordia newberryi

pink velvet-mallow

speciesHorsfordia alata

Horsfordia rotundifolia

speciesHorsfordia rotundifolia

Horsfordia exalata

speciesHorsfordia exalata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72184.