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Common name

English: Cornish Mallow

German: Kretische Strauchpappel

Portuguese: Lavátera-silvestre

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Malvales (80)

        Family: Malvaceae (60)(family description)

          Genus: Lavatera (2)

            Epithet: cretica L. (2)

cretica => from the island of Crete in the Mediterranean

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Lavatera cretica at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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