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Malva alcea - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Pisões , Vila Real, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Malva alcea - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Pisões , Vila Real, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Malva alcea - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pisões , Vila Real, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Malva alcea - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pisões , Vila Real, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Malva alcea - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Pisões , Vila Real, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1112
Date of entry: 15.07.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Hollyhock Mallow

German: Rosen-Malve

Portuguese: Malva rosa

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malvales (81)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Malva (5)

            Epithet: alcea L. (1)

alcea => refers to the genus Alcea, so 'like a Hollyhock'

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

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