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.
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