Calflora: Hibiscus lasiocarpos var. occidentalis

Hibiscus lasiocarpos Cav. var. occidentalis (Torr.) A. Gray

Woolly rose-mallow

Hibiscus lasiocarpos var. occidentalis, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). 7th Edition / 8th Edition

Elevation:	between 0 and 394 feet
Family:	MALVACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Hibiscus found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Hibiscus lasiocarpos.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2
PLANTS: accepted name:		Hibiscus lasiocarpos

Other Names:

TJM2:	Hibiscus californicus
TJM2:	Hibiscus lasiocarpus

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Butte: 18 / 14 CCH Contra Costa: 45 / 9 CCH Colusa: 11 / 9 CCH Glenn: 14 / 10 CCH Riverside: 1 / 1 CCH Sacramento: 7 / 2 CCH San Joaquin: 9 / 9 CCH Solano: 2 / 2 CCH Sutter: 8 / 7 CCH Tehama: 1 / 0 CCH Yolo: 1 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Hibiscus lasiocarpos var. occidentalis from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)