Malvaceae
Monarch bushmallow
Malacothamnus foliosus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malacothamnus
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Malacothamnus foliosusMalvaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Monarch bushmallow, Ensenada bushmallow
Synonyms
- Malacothamnus paniculatus (A.Gray) Kearney
- Malvastrum foliosum S.Watson
- Malvastrum marrubioides var. paniculatum A.Gray
- Malvastrum paniculatum (A.Gray) Wiggins
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.