Image of Mission Mallow

Description:

This is the Southern Island form of the species, known from San Clemente and Santa Catalina Islands. It was formerly known as Lavatera assurgentiflora ssp. glabra, as distinct from ssp. assurgentiflora on the northern Islands of San Miguel and Anacapa ( see images). The species has since been transferred to Malva, but it is not clear that the subspecies have been distingusihed nomenclaturally in Malva.