Malacothamnus (Noun)
Meaning
Genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Malacothamnus is a relatively small genus of chaparral mallow, with just over 10 species found in dry shrublands and grasslands of California and Baja California.
- Malacothamnus fremontii, a species within the malacothamnus genus, can grow as a large shrub up to 3 meters in height.
- Research has been conducted to study how malacothamnus changes its growth patterns in response to the reduced rainfall observed as a result of climate change.
- Malacothamnus blatticaulis has lavender flowers that open in the evening and close in the morning, following a nocturnal flowering pattern.
- Malacothamnus jonesii, or the shrubby mallow, can reach heights of up to two meters as it grows into a relatively dense scrub.