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Malacothamnus orbiculatus
Also called Fremon's Bushmallow, Fremont's Bushmallow, Frémont's Bushmallow, Unfurled Bushmallow
Malacothamnus orbiculatus is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Tehachapi bushmallow and round-leaved bushmallow. Most known populations occur in California, where it is common after burns on the desert-facing slopes of mountains. It also occurs in Arizona and Nevada, where it is currently only known from a few scattered locations. Malacothamnus orbiculatus is occasionally treated within Malacothamnus fremontii but morphological, phylogenetic, and geographic evidence shows them to be distinct species, though there is a small zone of intergradation where their geographic ranges meet.
Abbott's bushmallow · Indian Valley bushmallow · Bewildering bushmallow · San Clemente Island bushmallow · Davidson's bushmallow · Yellowstem bushmallow · Enigmatic bushmallow · Chaparral bushmallow · Monarch bushmallow · Fremont's bushmallow · Carmel Valley bushmallow · Jones's bushmallow
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malacothamnus orbiculatus 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.
