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Malva moschata - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany; 8/2015 © Sonja Germer

Malva moschata - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany; 8/2015 © Sonja Germer

Malva moschata - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany; 8/2015 © Sonja Germer

Malva moschata - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany; 8/2015 © Sonja Germer

Malva moschata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany; 8/2015 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2517
Date of entry: 27.10.2015
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Musk Mallow

German: Moschus-Malve

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malvales (81)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Malva (5)

            Epithet: moschata L. (1)

moschata => musky; musk: an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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