Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris
Description
Medium to tall, hairy plant to 1.5 metres, but often with sprawling stems. Leaves kidney shaped to rounded-heart-shaped in outline with 3 to 7 shallow, rather rounded toothed lobes. Flowers pink to purple with darker veins. 20 to 50 mm in clusters of 2 or more at the leaf axils.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Meadows , road verges and waste places.
When to see it
June to September.
Life History
Biennial.
UK Status
Fairly common throughout Britain, though less so in Scotland.
VC55 Status
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 368 of the 617 tetrads.
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley15 June 2011 Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4994 9322 (taken 19.6.2006).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote19 June 2006
Alan SemperHarby roadside16 July 2013
Graham CalowCroft26 June 2014
David NichollsKirby Muxloe Castle13 September 2013
David NichollsKirby Muxloe Castle13 September 2013
 Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4994 9322 (taken 19.6.2006).JPG)
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David NichollsRatby Church19 September 2013
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley15 June 2011
Graham CalowSapcote24 June 2013 outside London Leys Farm Yard Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4923 9296 (taken 30.6.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote30 June 2008
Barbara CooperLong Clawson21 June 2012
Alan SemperHarby, Stathern La27 June 2012
Alan SemperHarby, Stathern La27 June 2012
Ruth DringBroughton Astley27 August 2012
Graham CalowSapcote24 June 2013
Alan SemperBottesford riverside path20 July 2013
Alan SemperHarby roadside16 July 2013
David NichollsRatby19 June 2014
LostashWhetstone Fields15 June 2014
David NichollsCroft09 May 2014
 outside London Leys Farm Yard Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4923 9296 (taken 30.6.2008).JPG)
