Noun: chaparral mallow
- 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