Sphaeraclea monroana (Monroe's Orange Globe Mallow)

From CONPS: The red-orange saucer-shaped flowers of this perennial give a real pop to the landscape in the summer months.It is woolly and gray-green in color. Alternate palmate leaves have a sometimes sprawling appearance. Mature size is roughly 24" by 24" for this low water use plant which should be planted in full sun - likes hot, sunny & dry. Rabbits and deer do like this species. Special value to native bees.

From GIAB:

Munro’s Globemallow

Latin Name: Sphaeralcea munroana Mature Height: 24-36”

Mature Spread: 36”

Hardy To: 7,500’

Water: Low-None

Exposure: Full to Part Sun

Flower Color: Orange

Flower Season: Summer

Attracts: Bees

Description: A family resemblance is easy to see in that Munro’s Globemallow looks like small, orange Hawaiian-Hibiscus flowers. The best of all globemallows, it is long-lived, resistant to the rust fungus, and re-blooming. This plant’s metabolism is “turned on” by heat. Native to the western United States, it tolerates poor soils ranging from rocky and sandy to thick clays, and it has adapted well to dry areas with open exposure to the sun.

Care: Clean up/cut back spent stems in late fall/spring to encour- age extended blooming. To establish, water at planting and 2-3 times deeply the first summer. After that, do not overwater.

Fun Fact: Munro’s Globemallow flowers were used by certain Native American tribes to make paint that was used on the inside of earthenware dishes.