Mallows

Smaller Tree Mallow Common Mallow Egyptian Mallow Tree Mallow



Mallow Family - Malvaceae

Egyptian Mallow      Malva aegyptia

Native in warmer parts of the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to western Asia. A small, annual species of open or stony ground.

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Common Mallow      Malva sylvestris

Native Europe and North Africa, eastwards to Central Asia.

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Least Mallow      Malva parviflora

Native from the Azores eastwards through the Mediterranean Region to Pakistan and across Saharan Africa. A rather variable species but typically with quite deeply lobed leaves and noticeably small flowers that are a very pale pink or almost white in colour. Epicalyx lobes narrow and rather sharply pointed. Nutlets smooth, but with sharply ridged - almost winged - edges.

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Smaller Tree Mallow      Malva multiflora

(Lavatera cretica) Native in western and southern Europe and the Mediterranean Region.

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Tree Mallow      Malva arborea

Native to the Mediterranean Region and northwards along Atlantic coasts to Britain.

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