Malacothamnus fasciculatus - Chaparral mallow

Chaparral mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus) is an evergreen shrub native to southern California chaparral and coastal sage scrub, grown as a hedge plant for its gray-green foliage and pink summer flowers. It grows 1-3 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-3
Diameter (m)	1-3

Footnotes

1. Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Bush Mallow | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩