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|accepted_name=Malva sylvestris
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 689. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=High or garden mallow;mauve des bois
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malva mauritiana
|authority=Linnaeus
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|name=M. sylvestris var. mauritiana
|authority=(Linnaeus) Boissier
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Malva;Malva sylvestris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malva]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malva sylvestris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 287, 288, 289, 290
|treatment_page=page 292
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, biennial, or perennial, 0.5—1.5(–3) m, hairy to glabrate, hairs simple and stellate. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, glabrous or sparsely hairy, hairs both simple and stellate. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules persistent, lanceolate to ovate-triangular, 3–5(–8) × 3 mm; petiole 1/2 to 1 1/2 times as long as blade, pubescent in adaxial groove, otherwise glabrous; blade reniform to suborbiculate-cordate, unlobed or shallowly 3–7-lobed, sinuses to 1/2 to base, (2–)5–10(–14) × (2–)5–10(–14) cm, base cordate to ± truncate, lobes semicircular to oblong, margins crenate, apex rounded to wide-acute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy, hairs simple or stellate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, flowers solitary or in 2–4-flowered fascicles, long-stalked. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–2.5 cm, 1–4.5 cm in fruit, much longer than calyx, glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy; involucellar bractlets distinct, sometimes adnate to calyx in basal 1 mm, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic or narrowly obovate, reticulate-veined, (3–)4–5(–7) × 2.5–4 mm, shorter than calyx, margins entire, surfaces glabrous, sparsely ciliate. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx reticulate-veined, 5–6 mm, to 10 mm in fruit, lobes incompletely enclosing mericarps, stellate-puberulent; petals pink to purple or reddish purple with darker veins, usually drying blue, (12–)16–30(–45) mm, length 2 1/2–3(–4) times calyx; staminal column 5 mm, minutely, retrorsely stellate-puberulent; style 10–12-branched; stigmas 10–12. <b>Schizocarps</b> 7 mm diam.; mericarps 10–12, 2–2.5 mm, margins sharp, not winged, sides thin and papery, with radiating veins, surface strongly to obscurely reticulate-wrinkled, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy. <b>Seeds</b> 1.5–2.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 42.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mostly Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, roadsides, farm yards, pastures
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;temperate Asia;n Africa;introduced also in Mexico;Central America (Guatemala;Honduras);South America (Argentina;Brazil;Colombia;Ecuador;Peru;Venezuela);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Malva sylvestris</i> is native throughout Europe except in the extreme north and into temperate Asia and northern Africa and is widely cultivated for food and ornament. It is the most commonly cultivated <i>Malva</i> in most of the</p><!--
--><p>United States. It is not very tolerant of hot, arid conditions. It is variable in habit, indument, leaf shape, and corolla size and color; most variants originated as selections/cultivars. The flowers and fruits indicate its close relationship with <i>M. nicaeensis</i>; the upright habit and much larger flowers allow an easy distinction.</p>
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name=Malva sylvestris
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Malva mauritiana;M. sylvestris var. mauritiana
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering mostly Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, roadsides, farm yards, pastures
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;temperate Asia;n Africa;introduced also in Mexico;Central America (Guatemala;Honduras);South America (Argentina;Brazil;Colombia;Ecuador;Peru;Venezuela);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_532.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Malva
|species=Malva sylvestris
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