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bushmallows
Malacothamnus
Malacothamnus (bushmallow) is a genus of shrubs found throughout much of mainland California and on three of the Channel Islands. Outside of California, Malacothamnus is known from the northern half of Baja California and from a few disjunct locations in Arizona and Nevada. Plants of this genus are most commonly found in early-successional, post-burn plant communities. Malacothamnus are currently thought to be most closely related to the Iliamnas of the US interior and the Phymosias of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
southern coastal bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus fasciculatus
Ojai bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus nuttallii
Ensenada bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus foliosus
few-rayed bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus densiflorus
Tehachapi bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus orbiculatus
unfurled bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus fremontii
Tujunga bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus davidsonii
bewildering bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus arcuatus
enigmatic bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus enigmaticus
Santa Clarita bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus marrubioides
Jones's bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus jonesii
Indian Valley bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus aboriginum
San Clemente Island bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus clementinus
Santa Lucia bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus lucianus
starry-tentacled bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus astrotentaculatus
Carmel Valley bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus involucratus
discombobulating bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus discombobulatus
Abbott's bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus abbottii
Cambria bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus palmeri
Alice's lovely bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus eastwoodiae
Mendocino bushmallow
speciesMalacothamnus mendocinensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57138.