Chaparral mallow 

Scientific: Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nuttallii 

Common: Chaparral mallow 

Español: Malva 

Chumash ('alapkaswa'): xman 

Reportedly used by the Chumash as a cordage plant to make string for sacks. The Luiseño people made a decoction of the leaves to induce vomiting.  

Source: Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California by Jan Timbrook

'alapkaswa' refers to the local Chumash dialect spoken at the kaswa’ village near modern Hope Ranch.