About Horsfordia alata (S.Watson) A.Gray
Horsfordia alata, commonly known as pink velvet mallow or pink velvetmallow, is a shrubby desert species belonging to the mallow family, Malvaceae. This plant is endemic to the Sonoran Desert ecoregion. It occurs in the Colorado Desert sub-ecoregion of southern California, southwestern Arizona in the United States, and in the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California. It grows in creosote bush scrub habitats, at elevations ranging from 100 to 600 metres (330 to 1,970 ft).
