


Malva parviflora L.

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Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
pl.18
ICN
Malva parviflora L.
species
Malva parviflora
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Malva parviflora L.
Annual, procumbent to erect herb. Stems sparsely to moderately hairy with mostly stellate hairs. Lvs sparsely to densely clothed in mostly stellate hairs above, moderately clothed in mostly stellate hairs below, reniform to orbicular, cordate, shallowly or moderately 5-7-palmately lobed and crenate, 1-8 cm diam.; petioles 1.5-10 cm long; stipules ovate-triangular, 2-6 mm long. Fls in axillary clusters of (1)-2-5; fruiting pedicels 2-10-(20) mm long; epicalyx segments linear, somewhat < calyx; calyx teeth ± orbicular with acute apex, glabrous or sparsely clothed in stellate hairs and ciliate, greatly enlarged and spreading at fruiting; petals white, pale mauve or pink towards tips, ± = or only slightly > calyx, 3-5 mm long. Mericarps (9)-10-(11) per fr., glabrous or hairy, strongly reticulately veined on back; edges slightly winged and sometimes toothed.
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1 January 2000
28 August 2019