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Santa Lucia Bushmallow (Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri)

Photo Credit: Keir Morse

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Malvaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 136142
Lifeform: Subshrub, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae (Mallow) family known by the common names Arroyo Seco bushmallow and Santa Lucia bushmallow. This is an erect shrub with a thick, branching stem reaching two meters or more in height. It is coated thinly to densely in woolly white or tan hairs. The lobed, oval leaves are no more than 8 centimeters long. The flower cluster is a headlike or elongated cluster of pale white to pinkish flowers with oval petals each up to 2-3 centimeters long.

Where is Santa Lucia Bushmallow (Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri dwells in the rocky coastal chaparral on Central California. [CNPS]

Distribution:

Around 10 specimens of Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri have been found in San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties of California. [CNPS]

States & Provinces:

Santa Lucia Bushmallow can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Santa Lucia Bushmallow (Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/13/17

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 50 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 267 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, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Malacothamnus palmeri var. palmeri from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 7 maternal plants

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 palmeri var. palmeri from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 10 maternal plants