Malacothamnus orbiculatus (Greene) Greene
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Summary
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.
Quoted from Wikipedia, "Malacothamnus orbiculatus", CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Other Malacothamnus 19 in the reference
Malacothamnus abbottii Abbot's bushmallow Photo: CC BY, Trevor Van Loon
Malacothamnus aboriginum Indian Valley bush-mallow Photo: CC BY, Trevor Harding Malacothamnus arcuatus Malvaceae Malacothamnus astrotentaculatus Malvaceae 
Malacothamnus clementinus San Clemente Island bush-mallow Photo: CC BY, Melanie J. Davis
Malacothamnus davidsonii Davidson's bushmallow Photo: CC0, author not stated
Malacothamnus densiflorus Yellow-stem bush-mallow Photo: CC BY, Ian McFaul Malacothamnus discombobulatus Malvaceae Malacothamnus eastwoodiae Malvaceae 
Malacothamnus enigmaticus Enigmatic bush-mallow Photo: CC0, author not stated
Malacothamnus fasciculatus Mendocino bush-mallow Photo: CC BY, Sarah Dillion
Malacothamnus fremontii Fremon's bushmallow Photo: CC0, author not stated all 20 ›Names & registers
Also known as Malvastrum fremontii var. orbiculatum; Malvastrum orbiculatum; Sphaeralcea orbiculata. (WCVP, RBG Kew)
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
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