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|accepted_name=Malva assurgentiflora
|accepted_authority=(Kellogg) M. F. Ray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Novon
|place=8: 290. 1998
|year=1998
}}
|common_names=Island mallow;malva rosa
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Lavatera assurgentiflora
|authority=Kellogg
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.
|publication_place=1: 14. 1854
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=L. assurgentiflora subsp. glabra
|authority=Philbrick
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Saviniona assurgentiflora
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. clementina
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. reticulata
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Malva;Malva assurgentiflora
|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 assurgentiflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 286
|treatment_page=page 288
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 1–4 m, stellate-hairy to glabrate. <b>Stems</b> erect to decumbent, base woody. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules early-deciduous, lanceolate to ovate, 2–4 × 0.6–1.5 mm, minutely stellate-puberulent; petiole as long as or longer than blade; blade free filaments 1–2 mm; anthers on distal 1/2; style 6–10-branched (same number as locules), purplish; stigmas 6–10 (same number as locules), purplish. <b>Schizocarps</b> 12–16 mm diam.; mericarps 6–10, 6–7 mm, apical face and margins sharp-edged, surfaces smooth to faintly ribbed, glabrous or puberulent on apical surface. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, 4 mm, nearly as thick as long, notch slight. <b>2n</b> = ca. 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Jun and Sep–Oct, sporadically year-round.
|habitat=Coastal bluffs, disturbed areas
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Calif.;introduced in Mexico;Central America (Guatemala);South America (Bolivia;Chile;Ecuador;Peru);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Malva assurgentiflora</i>, traditionally placed in <i>Lavatera</i>, has long been cultivated as an ornamental or windbreak in California and is native only on the Channel Islands. It has become naturalized on the mainland as well as in Mexico and sparingly elsewhere. The shrubby habit, large flowers with dark-veined petals, and thick, hemispheric, fruits make it distinctive; it is our only native species of <i>Malva</i>. The petals are often recurved with age, and the corky mericarps float and are tolerant of salt water. Further study may indicate that there are two distinct subspecies, as suggested by R. N. Philbrick (1980).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malva assurgentiflora
|authority=(Kellogg) M. F. Ray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=L. assurgentiflora subsp. glabra;Saviniona assurgentiflora;S. clementina;S. reticulata
|basionyms=Lavatera assurgentiflora
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Jun and Sep–Oct, sporadically year-round.
|habitat=Coastal bluffs, disturbed areas
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Calif.;introduced in Mexico;Central America (Guatemala);South America (Bolivia;Chile;Ecuador;Peru);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Novon
|publication year=1998
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated;Weedy
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_525.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Malva
|species=Malva assurgentiflora
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