Calflora: Malacothamnus fasciculatus

Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Torrey & A. Gray) E. Greene

Mendocino bushmallow, Santa Cruz Island bush mallow, chaparral mallow

Malacothamnus fasciculatus, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders.

Communities:	Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral

Family:	MALVACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Malacothamnus found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. catalinensis Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. fasciculatus Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nuttallii

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Malacothamnus arcuatus
PLANTS:	Malvastrum nesioticum var. nuttallii
PLANTS:	Malvastrum mendocinense
PLANTS:	Malvastrum hallii
PLANTS:	Malvastrum fasciculatum
PLANTS:	Malvastrum fasciculatum var. laxiflorum
PLANTS:	Malvastrum arcuatum
PLANTS:	Malva fasciculata
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus parishii
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus mendocinensis
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus hallii
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nuttallii
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. laxiflorus
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. catalinensis
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus fasciculatus ssp. laxiflorus
PLANTS:	Malacothamnus fasciculatus ssp. catalinensis
PLANTS:	Malvastrum nesioticum

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Information about Malacothamnus fasciculatus from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (MAFA)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database