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Scientific name - Malacothamnus fasciculatus Greene Protected species, is extinct in California. Synonyms - Malacothamnus arcuatus, Malacothamnus hallii, Malacothamnus mendocinensis, Malacothamnus parishii. Popular names - Chaparral Mallow. Distribution and Habitat - grows in coastal regions, up to 600 m altitude, California and Baja California. Description - evergreen shrub, vigorous, well branched, 1-4.5 m high. The stem and leaves are pubescent, stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, petiolate; language ovat-round, palmate lobate, 0-7 lobes rounded, toothed margins, 2.11 cm. Blossom spike, flowers Sesi. Flowers generally bisexual, radial; calyx pubescent, 5 sepa, 4-11 mm, ovata, acuminata acute or short; Corola of 5 petalsfree, pink or white stamens many, ovary superior. Blooms in April-July, attract butterflies. Fruit capsule loculicida. 2n = 34 Growth rate - fast. Tolerant - frost and heavy soils. Requirements - well drained soils, dry, sunny or semi-shady exhibitions. Management - skims necessary for maintaining strong fall crown Propagation - by rhizomes. Diseases and pests -- Natural partners and Garden - Artemisia californica, Encelia californica, Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Hazard squarrosa, Lotus scoparius, Malosma Laurina, Rhus integrifolia, Salvia sp., Viguiera laciniata. Cultivars -- Properties and Uses -- Myth, Legend and Folklore -- References AA Schoenherr - Natural History of the Islands of California - University of California Press, 2003 Grady L. Webster, Conrad J. Bahr - Changing Plant Life of La Frontera - University of New Mexico Press, 2001 MN Smith - Native Treasures - Gardening with the Plants of California - University of California Press, 2006 Robert Nold - High and Dry Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants - Timber Press, 2007 Thomas B. Smith, Robert K. Wayne - Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation - OUP USA, 1996 Source photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vsny/2678658485/in/pool-florus
See also
 Trees and shrubs
Schinus molle
Schinus molle - evergreen tree, 3-15 m tall. Originally from Argentina, Bolivia and Peru where it grows from 0 to 2400 m altitude. Cultivated soil erosion, but also as ornamental species, or bonsai. Paliurus spina-christi Miller
Paliurus spina-christi species originated in south-eastern Europe. Shrub, branched from the base, 4 m high. Ritidom brown-red. Zigzag branches arched, flexible, with thorns of 5-8 mm long, stiff and sharp; lujerii pubescent youth. Anemone nemorosa
Perennial species, Geof; rhizome. Flower stalk 6-30 cm, glabra or slightly hairy. Basal leaves, grow directly from the rhizome, occurring after blooming, the leaves grow on stems verticil, petiole to 1 cm, lamina palmately-party or palm-sector. Mespilus germanica L.
Mespilus - derived from Greek, 'mėsos' - half, and 'pilo' - ball, referred to as fruit. Germany - derived from wild specimens present in Central Europe. Diploknema butyracea
Himalayan region increases spontaneously up to altitudes of 700-1500m, along rivers, valleys shady, with precipitation ranging from 1000 to 2500 mm. It is found in forests with species deciudue and semi-evergreen. Grow on poor quality land, alluvial. Magnoliopsida
Lotus maculatus Breitf.
Herbaceous, with the stem wood, under-shrub pendulum. Strain up to 1.5 m high, glabra, gray-green silky, internoduri 35-45 mm stipele children. Leaves imparipenat, 5 folio; foliole 10-25 x 1 mm, subulate or linear, convex upper and concave lower edges entire, top obtuse-rounded, surface moderately pubescent. Caragana arborescens
Deciduu shrub, 2-5 m high. Bark gray young branches are yellow-green. Leaves alternate; paripenat-compound, 4-6 pairs of folio oval-elliptic, 10-35 mm long, dark green in summer and autumn yellow, 5-10 cm long; spinescente Stipe. Flowers solitary, Corola yellow, 20-25 mm long, increase the armpit leaves, blooming from May to June. Trachelospermum jasminoides
Trachelospermum jasminoides - voluble species, evergreen, native to southern China and Vietnam. Papaver aurantiacum
Papaver aurantiacum - perennial species, grows on limestone debris and rocky places in alpine and subalpine region. Kohleria
Herbaceous plants or shrubs, perennial, 20-150 cm tall. Stem erect or ascending, branched or not, pubescent, glabra to the base. Leaves opposite or vertical every 3, petiolate, lamina ovat-lanceolata, pubescent. Blossom terminal or axillary, with bractei foliage, flowers in axillary solitary or Cime umbele Sesi or pedunculate. |
 
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