Horsfordia alata, with the common names pink velvet mallow and pink velvetmallow, is a shrubby desert plant in the mallow family (Malvaceae).Calflora: Horsfordia alata
Distribution The plant is endemic to the Sonoran Desert ecoregion, in the Colorado Desert sub-ecoregion of southern California and in southwestern Arizona; and in Sonora and Baja California states of northwestern Mexico.USDA: Horsfordia alataSonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012,
It grows in creosote bush scrub habitats, at elevations of .
See also Flora of the Sonoran Desert
References
External links Calflora Database: Horsfordia alata (Pink velvet mallow) Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Horsfordia alata USDA Plants Profile for Horsfordia alata (pink velvetmallow) UC Photos gallery of Horsfordia alata