Malvaceae
Chaparral bushmallow
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malacothamnus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chaparral bushmallow, Southern coastal bushmallow, Mendocino bushmallow
Synonyms
- Malva fasciculata Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Malvastrum fasciculatum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Greene
- Malvastrum fasciculatum var. typicum Estes
- Malvastrum laxiflorum (A.Gray) Davidson & Moxley
- Malveopsis fasciculata (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze
- Sphaeralcea fasciculata (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Arthur
- Sphaeralcea fasciculata var. laxiflora (A.Gray) Jeps.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JOE BLOWE from Bountiful, Utah, Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.