Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Bayer Code : malsi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Malva ambigua Guss, Malva erecta C. Presl., Malva mauristiana L.
Classification: Malvaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: common mallow
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Wilde Malve ; ES : malva común ; FR : mauve sylvestre ; IT : malva selvatica ; PT : malva-silvestre ; EN : common mallow ; NL : groot kaasjeskruid ;
Biological type: Biennial, Perennial
- Cotyledons cordate at the base.
- Leaves entire, rounded, with distant teeth.
- Height: 30-50 cm.
- Stem: woody in the lower part, branched, hairy, decumbent or ascending.
- Leaves palmately divided, long-stalked, roundish or reniform in outline, basal with 3-7 irregularly notched lobes, very variable in form.
- Flowers rose purple 2-6 axillary. Petals deeply emarginate, with erect hairs at the base and dark stripes.
- Fruit in disk, 9-11 embossed carpels, reticulate on the back, glabrous or slightly hairy.
- Plant used as infusion is counter-irritant, mucilagineous and slightly laxative.
_ Risk of confusion with Malva neglecta Wallr. and at the seedling stage, when cotyledons are missing, with the species of Geranium .
- Biological type: biennial or perennial.
Mistake with: Malva neglecta , Geranium
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