Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Malacothamnus orbiculatus is a native shrub that grows in southern and central California.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Pink

Flowering season

Spring, Summer

Special uses

Deer resistant

Sun

Partial Shade

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Chionodes popa

Northern White-Skipper

Heliopetes ericetorum

West Coast Lady

Vanessa annabella