Malva assurgentiflora (Kellogg) M.F.Ray

Royal mallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Malva

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–4 m, stellate-hairy to glabrate. Stems erect to decumbent, base woody. Leaves: 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. Schizocarps 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. Seeds dark brown, 4 mm, nearly as thick as long, notch slight. 2n = ca. 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.7
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Coastal bluffs, disturbed areas; at elevations up to 400 metres.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 5-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 5 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Malva assurgentiflora leaf picture by Mario Pari (cc-by-sa)
Malva assurgentiflora leaf picture by di Parodi (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Malva assurgentiflora flower picture by Johnny Poppyseed (cc-by-sa)
Malva assurgentiflora flower picture by Tracie Hall (cc-by-sa)
Malva assurgentiflora flower picture by Johnny Poppyseed (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Malva assurgentiflora world distribution map, present in New Zealand and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1061780-2
WFO ID wfo-0000449395
COL ID 3XR2M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Malva assurgentiflora Lavatera assurgentiflora Saviniona suspensa Saviniona reticulata Saviniona dendroidea Saviniona assurgentiflora Althaea assurgentifolia Althaea assurgentiflora Saviniona clementinae Lavatera assurgentiflora subsp. dendroidea Lavatera assurgentiflora subsp. glabra