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Malvaceae

Jones's bushmallow

Malacothamnus jonesii (Munz) Kearney

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Malacothamnus

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Jones's bushmallow: Malacothamnus jonesii var. niveus in the Humboldt Botanical Garden, Eureka, Ca
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Jones's bushmallow, Slender bushmallow

Synonyms

  • Malvastrum jonesii Munz
  • Sphaeralcea fasciculata var. jonesii Jeps.

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.