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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)?

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
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

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
  • Seed Collection

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

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Nomenclature
Taxon Malacothamnus gracilis
Authority
Family Malvaceae
CPC Number 46100
ITIS
USDA MAJO
Duration Perennial
Common Names
Associated Scientific Names
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S1
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