Malva thuringiaca
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Malva |
| Species: | M. thuringiaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Malva thuringiaca | |
Malva thuringiaca (previously known as Lavatera thuringiaca), the garden tree-mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from southern Germany south to Italy, and east to southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey.[1][2]
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.8 m tall. The leaves are up to 9 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with three or five lobes, and downy with greyish hairs. The flowers are pink, 3–6 cm diameter, with five petals; they are produced throughout the summer.[1][3][4][5]
There are two subspecies:[1][2]
- Malva thuringiaca subsp. thuringiaca – Most of the species' range, except as below, Upper leaves bluntly lobed
- Malva thuringiaca subsp. ambigua (DC.) Valdés – southern France, Italy, western Balkans, Upper leaves acutely lobed
Garden plants[edit]
Most of the popular shrubby garden cultivars traditionally listed under this species are actually hybrids between it and Malva olbia; these hybrids are now named Malva × clementii.[1] The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Malvaceae Pages: Herbaceous Lavateras
- ^ a b Flora Europaea: Lavatera thuringiaca
- ^ Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
- ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ^ Könemann (2004). Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 59. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Lavatera x clementii 'Bredon Springs'". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Lavatera x clementii 'Burgundy Wine'". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Lavatera x clementii 'Candy Floss'". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Lavatera x clementii 'Rosea'". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
