Scarlet Globemallow
Sphaeralcea spp.
Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
Medicinal Minute with Ginger Webb
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TXA note from Ginger:
The plant in the video is probably Sphaeralcea fendleri (and not S. angustiflolia), but since all species of Sphaeralcea can be used more or less interchangeably, I won't worry too much. Like most (all) plants in the mallow family, the leaves, flowers and roots are demulcent and can be used topically to soothe skin and internally to soothe mucous membranes.
Ginger Webb, Community Herbalist, Botanist, Teacher & Mentor
Ginger Webb has been practicing herbalism for nearly 30 years, as a community herbalist, clinical herbalist, herbal medicine maker, wild plant lover, botanist, and teacher. She has trained scores of people to be herbalists through her programs at Sacred Journey School of Herbalism.
Her mission is to keep alive the craft of herbalism through modeling the age-old wisdom of being in right relationship with the plants, and she teaches her students to be stewards of the Earth and the plants first, and to make medicine only when the plants wholeheartedly provide consent.
