Iliamna bakeri

Baker's globe mallow

Family: Malvaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Baker's globe mallow is a California native perennial ranked 4.2 by CNPS, found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, and northern Mountain Provinces of Shasta County in mountain slopes, juniper woodland, and lava beds at elevations of 1,000 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces striking rose-purple flowers 3 to 6 centimeters wide with delicate petals. Growing 30 to 120 centimeters tall with upright stems that are densely covered in star-shaped hairs, it forms a robust and textured herbaceous perennial. Its leaves are 1.5 to 4.5 centimeters long, 2 to 5 centimeters wide, with 3 to 5 distinctive lobes, featuring a crenate edge and a tapered to truncate base. The fruit develops 7.5 to 15 millimeters long, containing 3 to 4 seeds per segment.

Habitat: Mountain slopes, juniper woodland, lava beds

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1000-2500 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRH, CaR, MP (Shasta Co.)

California counties: Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Lake, Mendocino, Lassen, Trinity, Tehama

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.