This is a southwest native, and grows in hot, dry open areas. Like other globemallow, it has nearly luminescent orange flowers that bloom in late spring. This species grows to be about 12 to 14 inches, though sometimes it may reach 30 inches in height, and about half as wide. Leaves are deeply cut and quite hairy, giving them a whitish appearance. Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia was named Sida grossulariaefolia by William Jackson Hooker and George Arnot in 1838 from a collection made by members of the Hudson Bay Company in Idaho in 1837. Per Axel Rydberg gave the present name in 1913.
Grow in well drained soil in full sun; grows in poor, rocky, or shallow soils. Very drought tolerant. Cut back in late winter.