Malacothrix clevelandii  A. Gray

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only from Bothe State Park, Mead Ranch, & Soda Canyon

Plant Communities:  Blue Oak Woodland, Regular Chaparral

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, wooded or brushy slopes; in volcanic areas, & in disturbed places like burns/ & slides; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  800-1200'

Comments:  Questionable at Cedar Roughs

Updated:  3/31/98

Malacothrix floccifera  (DC.) S.F. Blake

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  NE1/3, Mt. St. John, & Conn Valley

Plant Communities:  Serpentine Chaparral

Habitats:  Dry, sunny, rocky, ultramafic, brushy slopes/tallus; & in disturbed places like burns/slides/ & roadcuts; in serpentine formations

Elevations:  300-1800'

Comments:  Serpentine endemic?

Updated:  3/31/98