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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tehachapi bushmallow being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Malacothamnus enigmaticus
- Malacothamnus aboriginum
- Malacothamnus fremontii
- Malacothamnus marrubioides
- Malacothamnus arcuatus
- Malacothamnus davidsonii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malacothamnus
- Species
- Malacothamnus orbiculatus
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