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Noun: chaparral mallow
  1. Shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
    "Chaparral mallow was well-suited to the dry coastal conditions";
    - Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata

Derived forms: chaparral mallows

Type of: mallow

Part of: genus Malacothamnus, Malacothamnus

Encyclopedia: Chaparral mallow