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Malva sylvestris mauritiana (Malva sylvestris mauritiana)

Description

Malva sylvestris is a spreading herb, which is an annual in North Africa, biennial in the Mediterranean[9] and a perennial elsewhereThree feet (one meter) tall,(3 meters has been observed in a wild or escaped from cultivation setting, and several cultivated plants of 2 meter or more in height) with a growth habit which can be straight or decumbent, branched and covered with fine soft hairs or none at all, M. sylvestris is pleasing in appearance when it first starts to flower, but as the summer advances, "the leaves lose their deep green color and the stems assume a ragged appearance"

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Malvales

            • Family: Malvaceae

              • Genus: Malva