Musk-mallow - Malva moschata

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Alternative names
Musk Mallow
Description

Medium to tall plant, the stem hairs often purple based. Leaves deeply and narrowly cut. Flowers 40 to 60 mm solitary and usually rose pink, only occasionally white.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Grassy places and scrub.

When to see it

July and August.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Throughout Britain, but scarcer in the north and north Wales.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 38 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Stanton Lakes
    05 July 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Jubilee Walk Leire
    21 August 2012
  • Peter Smith
    Mountsorrel, Castle Hill
    09 July 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    21 June 2014
    white form
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Burroughs
    04 October 2012
    white form
  • Graham Calow
    Stoney Stanton
    12 July 2013
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Burroughs
    17 November 2011
  • Lorraine Ellison
    Holwell Nature Reserve, Brown's Hill Quarry
    12 July 2013

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Musk-mallow
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
159
First record:
02/07/2006 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
13/09/2024 (Oli Dainton)

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  • Graham Calow
    Park Road, Cosby
    08 July 2016
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    24 June 2015
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    09 July 2015
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    09 July 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Higham on the Hill
    18 August 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Verge of M69 Sapcote
    27 July 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Verge of M69 Sapcote
    27 July 2016
  • Alan Semper
    Holwell Browns Hill Quarry
    12 July 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    21 June 2014
    white form
  • David Nicholls
    New Lount
    27 September 2012
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    24 June 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Granitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote
    02 July 2006
    white form
  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Granitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote
    02 July 2006
    white form
  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
    white form
  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Jubilee Walk, Leire
    02 August 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Burroughs
    17 November 2011
  • Alan Semper
    Harby footparh
    13 August 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Harby footparh
    13 August 2012
  • David Nicholls
    New Lount
    27 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Burroughs
    17 November 2011
  • Alan Semper
    Holwell Browns Hill Quarry
    12 July 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    27 August 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    15 August 2014
  • Alan Semper
    Scalford roadside
    01 October 2013