Malva sylvestris
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Malva sylvestris, Linn. Biennial (perhaps sometimes annual or perennial), 2-3 ft. high, rough-hairy, branching: lvs. rather sharply 5-7-lobed: fls. purple-rose, large; petals 3 times length of calyx. Eu., Temp. Asia, waysides N. Amer. A.G. 13:471. Var. mauritiana, Mill. (M. mauritiana, Linn.), has long been cult, in cottage gardens abroad as the Tree Mallow. It is taller, smoother and has more obtuse lobes. Var. zebrina, Hort. (M. zebrina, Hort.), has variable fls., usually white striped with purple.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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