Slender Bushmallow (Malacothamnus gracilis)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Malvaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 127978
Lifeform: Shrub, Subshrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Slender Bushmallow (Malacothamnus gracilis) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Slender Bushmallow can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Slender Bushmallow (Malacothamnus gracilis)?

National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation (USDA-ARS)

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Malacothamnus gracilis in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 2406 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Malacothamnus gracilis from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 54 maternal plants