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Malacothamnus clementinus
Also called San Clemente Island Bush Mallow
Malacothamnus clementinus is a rare species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name San Clemente Island bushmallow. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California, where it is known from fewer than ten occurrences in the steep, rocky seaside canyons.
The plant became a federally listed endangered species in 1977 when it was limited to a single population nearing extinction due to herbivory by the feral goats which once infested the small island. The goats have since been removed and the plant is recovering well, but many threats remain, including competition with introduced species of plants, wildfire, erosion, and damage to the landscape by United States Navy bombing exercises.
Abbott's bushmallow · Indian Valley bushmallow · Bewildering bushmallow · Davidson's bushmallow · Yellowstem bushmallow · Enigmatic bushmallow · Chaparral bushmallow · Monarch bushmallow · Fremont's bushmallow · Carmel Valley bushmallow · Jones's bushmallow · Santa Lucia bushmallow
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malacothamnus clementinus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
