Malva alcea (Cultivated- Germany)

Malva alcea L., Sp. Pl. 689 1753. (Syn: Alcea palmata Gilib. [Invalid]; Bismalva alcea (L.) Medik.; Bismalva fastigiata Fourr.; Malva abulensis Cav. (Unresolved); Malva alcea subsp. excisa Holub; Malva alceoides Ten. (unresolved); Malva bismalva Bernh. ex Lej. (Unresolved); Malva cannabina M.Serres (Unresolved); Malva decumbens Host (unresolved); Malva excisa Rchb.; Malva intermedia Boreau (Unresolved); Malva italica Pollini (Unresolved); Malva lobata Cav. (Unresolved); Malva moreniana Pollini (Unresolved); Malva morenii Pollini (Unresolved); Malva morisonii Pollini ex Schur (Unresolved));

 

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In forground Duftende Platterbse (/Lathyrus odoratus/) in many diff. colors.
Fotos taken in July 2011.
Siegmarswurz is more or less wild and grows everywhere, even near Rhodos. So I am filling the empty room between Rhodos with Siegmarswurz.

Siegmarswurz comes also in white, but I don’t have them, am looking for the seeds.

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musk mallow? reminds me of  a hollyhock though… very nice to see the seed pods… 

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Greater musk mallow
That confused me also for a while, I thought perhaps Alcea (Althaea)-the holly hock has been merged with Malva and I was looking for correct name for our Alcea rosea. It was only when I saw Malva alcea as a long established name from my Bailey book that I saw three epicalyx in … plant (more than six in Alcea, holly hock) and deeply parted leaves that I got reassured.

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