Common name:
Dwarf mallow
Family:
Scientific name:
Malva neglecta
Main flower color:
Range:
Mostly in south and central England; also lowland and coastal regions elsewhere
Height:
Up to 1.5 m
Habitat:
Disturbed ground, roadsides, beach margins
Flowers:
Up to 2 cm across; and five-lobed calyx and five obovate petals, white to pale pink with purple lengthwise veins, around a cluster of white stamens and purple carpels. Petals are shallowly notched at the tip, and are between two and three times as long as the calyx lobes
Leaves:
Round to broadly ovate, shallowly divided into five or seven lobes. Downy-hairy underneath, and on the stalks
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
