Malacothamnus

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Malacothamnus
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Subfamily: Malvoideae Genus: Malacothamnus Greene
Species
11 - see text

Malacothamnus (bush mallow) is a genus of malvaceous plants native to California, and related to the Iliamas of the US interior and the Phymosias of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

Species:

• Malacothamnus abbottii - Abbott's bushmallow
• Malacothamnus aboriginum - gray bushmallow, Indian Valley bushmallow
• Malacothamnus clementinus - San Clemente Island bushmallow
• Malacothamnus davidsonii - Davidson's bushmallow
• Malacothamnus densiflorus - yellowstem bushmallow
• Malacothamnus fasciculatus - Mendocino bushmallow, chaparral mallow
• Malacothamnus foliosus - monarch bushmallow
• Malacothamnus fremontii - Fremont's bushmallow
• Malacothamnus jonesii - slender bushmallow, Jones' bushmallow
• Malacothamnus marrubioides - pink-flowered bushmallow
• Malacothamnus palmeri - Palmer's bushmallow, Santa Lucia bushmallow

[edit] External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile