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Malva moschata L.

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Malva moschata L.
Malva moschata L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Malva moschata L.
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Malva moschata

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moschata

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Malva moschata L.

Erect perennial herb. Stems moderately hairy with only simple hairs. Lvs sparsely to moderately hairy with simple hairs and rarely a few stellate hairs below, ± glabrous above; lower lvs reniform, shallowly 3-5-palmately lobed and crenate, 5-8 cm diam.; upper stem lvs deeply divided ± to base with usually 5, 2-pinnatifid lobes; ultimate segments ± linear; petiole 1-20 cm long; stipules linear to lanceolate, 5-8 mm long. Fls solitary in lower axils and racemose at apex; fruiting pedicels (8)-10-50 mm long; epicalyx segments linear or narrow-ovate, < calyx; calyx teeth ovate, acute to acuminate, moderately hairy with simple and stellate hairs, enlarged at fruiting; petals usually pink, sometimes white, 2-4× as long as calyx, (15)-20-30 mm long. Mericarps c. 15-20 per fr., densely hairy, smooth on back; edges rounded.

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Malva moschata L.
France
Malva moschata L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Malva moschata L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Malva moschata L.
United Kingdom

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1 January 2000
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