Garden Tree-mallow - Malva olbia x M. thuringiaca = M. x clementii
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Species Description
A very rare garden escape.
Stace 4:
M. x clementii (Cheek) Stace (Lavatera x clementii Cheek, L. olbia auct. non L., L. thuringiaca auct. non L.; M. olbia (L.) Alef. x M. thuringiaca (L.) Vis.) - Garden Tree-mallow.
Perennial (more or less shrub) with woody branching erect stems to 2.5m; younger parts softly stellate-hairy; leaves 3-5-lobed, the central lobe long; petals 15-30mm, purple to pale pink. Neophyte-survivor; grown in gardens and sometimes found as escape or throwout; scattered throughout Britain, South Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man; South East Europe. Degree of fertility seems to vary between cultivars.
Key:
- Epicalyx 3/4 as long as to longer than calyx
- Flowers 1 in each leaf-axil