Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Malva L. [132]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Mallow

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Malvaceae

family_ja: アオイ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en: Europe, Medit., temp.Asia

description_en: Genus of about 30 species of annuals, biennials, and perennials, sometimes woody-based, occurring in dry, open habitats, waste ground, roadsides, and hedge banks in Europe, N. Africa, and temperate Asia, and widely naturalized elsewhere. The alternate, rounded or heart- or kidney-shaped leaves are entire, toothed, or shallowly 3- to 9-lobed, sometimes pinnatisect. The 5-petalled, shallowly funnel-shaped, or saucer- to cup-shaped, purple, blue, pink, or white flowers are produced singly, in clusters from the leaf axils, or sometimes in leafy, terminal racemes. An involucre of 1-3 distinct bracts is usually produced below the flowers (distinguishing Malva species and cultivars from those of the genus Lavatera, which have 3-9 joined bracts). Mallows are easily grown and produce long-lasting, often showy flowers; they are suitable for an annual, herbaceous, mixed, or shrub border, or for a wildflower garden.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in situ or in containers in early spring or early summer. Root basal cuttings of perennials in spring.

pests_en: Susceptible to rust and leaf spot.

description_ja:

comment:

comment_ja: ゼニアオイ(マロウ＝mallow)

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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