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Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris

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Common Mallow Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris dylan Bristol 16 Jun 2021, 1:18 p.m. 15 Jun 2021, 4:27 p.m.
Common Mallow Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris dylan Bristol 21 Dec 2024, 12:52 a.m. 27 Jun 2023, 1:41 p.m.
Common Mallow Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris dylan Bristol 21 Dec 2024, 12:01 a.m. 30 May 2023, 2:52 p.m.
Common Mallow Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris dylan Bristol 17 Dec 2024, 7:23 p.m. 25 Aug 2022, 2:13 p.m.
Common Mallow Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris dylan M32 Grassy Banks Subway System 16 Dec 2024, 1:16 a.m. 22 Jun 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Common Mallow Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris dylan Victoria Park 2 Oct 2021, 11:59 a.m. 13 Jul 2021, 3:24 p.m.

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Species Description

Common and widespread. Habitat: waste ground, roadside verges, meadows, I've even seen it growing in the cracks of pavements and the crack between the curb and the path on a road. Biennial. A variety - var. mauritiana 'Mystic Merlin' with dark purple flowers is grown and sometimes escapes. Glabrescens, folia teneriora obtusius lobata, flores viridius purpurei minus profunde emarginati [Glabrous, with tenderer leaves, more obtusely lobed, flowers greenish purple, less deeply emarginate] Flora Orientalis (1867, p. 819).