Malva assurgentiflora (Cultivated- USA) – eFlora of India

December 4, 2011
Malva

Malva assurgentiflora (Kellogg) M.F. Ray, Novon 8(3): 290 290 1998. (Syn: Althaea assurgentiflora (Kellogg) Kuntze; Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg; Saviniona assurgentiflora (Kellogg) Greene; Saviniona clementina Greene; Saviniona dendroidea Greene; Saviniona reticulata Greene; Saviniona suspensa Greene);

Malvaceae Week: Malva assurgentiflora from SFO, California:

Malva assurgentiflora (Kellogg) M. F. Ray, Novon 8:290. 1998 Syn: Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg

Common names: Island mallow, malva rosa

Shrub up to 5 m tall; leaves 7-15 cm broad, 5-7 lobed, lobes triangular, toothed; flowers solitary, on recurved pedicels; epicalyx 4, ovate, united only at base; petals rose-purple with darker veins, about 4 cm long;
mericarps woody, about 6 mm long.

Photographed from SFO Botanical Garden in California.

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Malva assurgentiflora (Kellogg) M. F. Ray, Novon 8:290. 1998 Syn: Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg

Common names: Island mallow, malva rosa

Shrub up to 5 m tall; leaves 7-15 cm broad, 5-7 lobed, lobes triangular, toothed; flowers solitary, on recurved pedicels; epicalyx 4, ovate, united only at base; petals rose-purple with darker veins, about 4 cm long;
mericarps woody, about 6 mm long.

Photographed from SFO Botanical Garden in California.

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50124523

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