Lavatera arborea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lavatera arborea L.

(not an active name)

Bushmallow, Tree mallow

2004 Tom Annese

2006 Luigi Rignanese

Lavatera arborea is a shrub that is not native to California.

also called Malva arborea


	Plant Range Observation Search ~168 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Lavatera
Family:	Malvaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Malva arborea

Information about Lavatera arborea from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (LAAR2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/03/2024).