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Malva multiflora

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Species of flowering plant

Malva multiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Malva
Species: M. multiflora
Binomial name
Malva multiflora
(Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso
Synonyms
List
    • Althaea cretica (L.) Kuntze
    • Althaea sylvestris (Brot.) Borbás
    • Anthema cretica (L.) Medik.
    • Anthema scabra Moench
    • Anthema tenoreana C.Presl
    • Lavatera cavanillesii Caball.
    • Lavatera cretica L.
    • Lavatera empedoclis Ucria
    • Lavatera hederifolia (Vis.) Schloss. & Vuk.
    • Lavatera mollis Ehrenb. ex Sweet
    • Lavatera neapolitana Ten.
    • Lavatera sicula Tineo
    • Lavatera stenophylla (Willk.) Rouy
    • Lavatera sylvestris Brot.
    • Lavatera triloba Sebast. & Mauri
    • Lavatera weinmanniana Trevir. ex DC.
    • Malope multiflora Cav.
    • Malva cretica (L.) Pau
    • Malva hederifolia Vis.
    • Malva linnaei M.F.Ray
    • Malva liocarpa Phil.
    • Malva mamillosa J.Lloyd ex Nyman
    • Malva mauritiana Willk.
    • Malva pseudolavatera Webb & Berthel.
    • Malva willkommiana Scheele

Malva multiflora (previously known as Lavatera cretica) is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Cornish mallow and Cretan hollyhock. It is native to western Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Basin, and it is naturalized in areas with a Mediterranean climate, such as parts of Australia, South Africa, and California. This is an annual or biennial herb growing a tough, somewhat hairy stem to a maximum height between 1 and 3 meters. The leaves are multilobed with flat or wavy edges, slightly hairy, and up to 10 centimeters long. The plant bears small pink or light purple flowers with petals just over a centimeter long. The fruit is disc-shaped with 7 to 10 segments.

Leaf laminas of Malva multiflora can track solar position throughout the day and turn to face the sunrise, behavior that anticipates the future, despite lacking a central nervous system.

Botanical gallery

Photos from Antalya in Turkey.

  • Plant generally upright Plant generally upright
  • Plant generally upright Plant generally upright
  • Inflorescence, distant Inflorescence, distant
  • Inflorescence, close Inflorescence, close
  • Flower, usually pale Flower, usually pale
  • Flower, rather bigger than calyx, calyx 5-part, epicalyx 3-broad-parts, usually reasonably stellate-hairy Flower, rather bigger than calyx, calyx 5-part, epicalyx 3-broad-parts, usually reasonably stellate-hairy
  • Floral organs, unopened Floral organs, unopened
  • Floral organs, opened Floral organs, opened
  • Epicalyx 3-part broad, joined at base Epicalyx 3-part broad, joined at base
  • Flowers Flowers
  • Fruit, hairy form, mature, always lacks wrinkles, with rounded surface Fruit, hairy form, mature, always lacks wrinkles, with rounded surface
  • Fruit, hairy form, mature, from side Fruit, hairy form, mature, from side
  • Fruit, hairless form, mature Fruit, hairless form, mature
  • Fruit, hairless form, young Fruit, hairless form, young
  • Fruiting inflorescence Fruiting inflorescence
  • Stellate (starlike) hairs with bulbous bases conspicuous Stellate (starlike) hairs with bulbous bases conspicuous
  • Leaf upperside Leaf upperside
  • Leaf upperside, hairy example (may lack hairs) Leaf upperside, hairy example (may lack hairs)
  • Leaf underside Leaf underside
  • Leaf underside Leaf underside
  • Leaf stalk hairs Leaf stalk hairs
  • Biennial form, thick trunked Biennial form, thick trunked
  • Biennial form, trunk Biennial form, trunk
  • Trampled form, still showing a main stem Trampled form, still showing a main stem
  • Trampled form, showing smaller leaves Trampled form, showing smaller leaves

References

  1. "Malva multiflora (Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. Schwartz, A; Koller, D (1986). "Diurnal Phototropism in Solar Tracking Leaves of Lavatera cretica". Plant Physiology. 80 (3): 778–781. doi:10.1104/pp.80.3.778. PMC 1075199. PMID 16664701.

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Taxon identifiers
Malva multiflora
Lavatera cretica


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