Common name:
Common mallow
Family:
Scientific name:
Malva sylvestris
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales, and some coastal and lowland regions in Scotland
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Disturbed ground, roadsides, hedgebanks
Flowers:
Five obovate petals, pink with darker lengthwise veins, up to 3 cm in length, notched at the tip, and five green sepals, about a third as long. Flowers form in small clusters at the upper leaf nodes
Leaves:
Shallowly palmately lobed, stalked, sparsely hairy, lined by coarse teeth
Season:
June to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
