Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus

Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene var. nesioticus (B. L. Rob.) Kearney

Santa Cruz Island bushmallow

2022 Kyle Suchy

2014 Steve Matson

Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus is a shrub that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere)

State of California status: Endangered. Federal status: Endangered.


	Plant Range Observation Search: ~27 records Add an Observation Plant Characteristics Location Suitability one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Genus:	Malacothamnus
Family:	Malvaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Malacothamnus nesioticus
JEF	Malvastrum fasciculatum var. nesioticum
JEF	Malvastrum nesioticum
JEF	Sphaeralcea fasciculata var. nesiotica
JEF	Sphaeralcea nesiotica

External links:


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) CNPS Rare Plant Inventory: 1B.1 Integrated Taxonomic Info System (ITIS) International Plants Names Index (IPNI)	CalPhotos iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape BONAP (Distribution Map)
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