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Malva sylvestris L., 1753

🇬🇧 Common Mallow

🇫🇷 Grande mauve, Mauve sauvage, Mauve sylvestre

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.

Photographs

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Malva sylvestris
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Malva sylvestris
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Malva sylvestris
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Malva sylvestris - Leaf
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Malva sylvestris - Seed capsule

Sources