Plants : MalvaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Malva sylvestris L.

Common Mallow

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Malva sylvestris

Description: An attractive but rather untidy-looking short-lived perennial mallow species, frequent in waste ground inland, but commonest near the seashore, especially in the south-east. It is a member of the flora of the upper littoral in Co Down.

All names: Malva sylvestris L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Malva sylvestris at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Malva sylvestris at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Malva sylvestris. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3131. Accessed on 2026-11-02.