''Malacothamnus parishii'' is a species of flowering plant in the

mallow family Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar o ...

known by the common name Parish's bushmallow.Kearney, T. H. 1951. “The Genus Malacothamnus, Greene (Malvaceae).” Leaflets of Western Botany VI (6):113–40. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,18 ...

, where it is confirmed from only a single collection from 1895. It has a California Rare Plant Rank of 1A (Plants presumed extirpated in California and either rare or extinct elsewhere)."CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants: Malacothamnus parishii", accessed 2021-11-05
/ref> ''Malacothamnus parishii'' is currently treated as an extreme form of ''Malacothamnus fasciculatus'' var. ''laxiflorus''. Phylogenetic analyses are needed to confirm whether it should be treated as a separate species or not. Morse, K. 2023
Malacothamnus Volume 3: A Revised Treatment of the Genus Malacothamnus (Malvaceae) Based on Morphological and Phylogenetic Evidence.
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Calflora Profile: ''Malacothamnus parishii''Calphotos image gallery for ''Malacothamnus parishii''
Flora of California Endemic flora of California parishii Natural history of San Bernardino County, California Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Malvoideae-stub