Malva sylvestris L.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Park Kapermolen, Hasselt Belgium
Photo: Bart Wursten
Park Kapermolen, Hasselt Belgium
Photo: Bart Wursten
Park Kapermolen, Hasselt Belgium
Photo: Bart Wursten
Josef Vermaesenplein, Malderen, Belgium
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Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Common mallow (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Erect perennial herb, up to 1 m tall. Leaves 5-10 cm in diameter, very shallowly lobed to more or less deeply 5-lobed, hairless except on the main veins; margin crenate to crenulate-serrate; petiole mostly 4-9 cm long, sometimes longer; stipules obliquely ovate, 5-10 mm long. Flowers, 2.5-5 cm in diameter, mauve-purple with light magenta or darker purple veins, borne in in 2-5-flowered clusters. Epicalyx bracts 3, oblong-lanceolate, c. two thirds the length of the calyx. Fruit of 9-11 mericarps, reticulate, usually hairless. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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sylvestris: of woods or forests |
Habitat:
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Known as a rare escape in and around major cities. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native to Europe. Known in Zimbabwe as a rare escape from cultivation. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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W,C |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Sunday 22 May 2016 |
Literature:
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Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 501.
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 61.
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Malva sylvestrisWikipedia:
Malva sylvestris
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-21
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Malva sylvestris. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=139010, retrieved 21 January 2021
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