Malva sylvestris L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Common Mallow
- 🇫🇷 Mauve sylvestre, Grande mauve, Mauve sauvage
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superrosids
- Clade: Rosids
- Clade: Malvids
- Order: Malvales
- Family: Malvaceae
- Subfamily: Malvoideae
- Tribe: Malveae
- Genus: Malva
- Species: Malva sylvestris
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with M. multiflora (Cav.) Soldano & Banfi & Galasso, 2005, which has paler flowers with shorter petals and is usually taller.
Possible confusion with M. neglecta Wallr., 1824, which has rounder, lobed and crenate leaves.
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- M. sylvestris var. mauritiana (L.) Boiss., 1867;
- M. sylvestris var. sylvestris L., 1753, P.
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Sources
Khela, S. (2012). Malva sylvestris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203359/2764355
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 830). Biotope.