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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Malvaceae
Malva sylvestris L.
high mallow
Malva: a Latin name for mallow taken from the Greek malache, or malakos, referring to the leaves and an ointment made from the seeds which was supposed to be soothing to the skin
sylvestris: growing in woods, forest-loving, wild
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| Status: | Introduced - rarely escaped |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial/perennial, 16"-40" tall forb |
| Flower: | red to purple, 5-parted, 1 1/2"-2" wide, petals about the same length as the sepals, on stalks to 2" tall, 3 bractlets below; inflorescence solitary or in a tight cluster from the upper leaf axils; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | on hairy stalks, round to kidney-shaped in outline, 3-7 shallow, rounded, toothed lobes |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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