Musk Mallow

Malva moschata

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Malvales

Family:

Malvaceae (Mallow)

Also in this family:

Common Lime, Common Mallow, Crimean Lime, Garden Mallow, Tree Mallow

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

75 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Gardens, grassland, hedgerows, meadows, roadsides, scrub, wasteland.

Flower:

Variable in colour, 5 petals

Usually rose-pink but sometimes white, in loose spikes, up to 6cm. 5 notched petals.

Fruit:

A disc-shaped nutlet (schizocarp), up to 6mm in diameter.

Leaves:

Hairy and deeply lobed leaves.

Aroma:

Musky-scented flowers.

Other Names:

Rose Mallow.

Frequency (UK):

Occasionally seen

Similar Species:

Peach-leaved Bellflower

Distribution Map

Reproduced by kind permission of the BSBI.

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