Musk-mallow - Malva moschata
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 CalowStanton Lakes05 July 2013
Graham CalowJubilee Walk Leire21 August 2012
Peter SmithMountsorrel, Castle Hill09 July 2011
Graham CalowSapcote21 June 2014white form
David NichollsRatby Burroughs04 October 2012white form
Graham CalowStoney Stanton12 July 2013
David NichollsRatby Burroughs17 November 2011
Lorraine EllisonHolwell Nature Reserve, Brown's Hill Quarry12 July 2013
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Graham CalowPark Road, Cosby08 July 2016
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester24 June 2015
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester09 July 2015
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester09 July 2015
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill18 August 2015
Graham CalowVerge of M69 Sapcote27 July 2016
Graham CalowVerge of M69 Sapcote27 July 2016
Alan SemperHolwell Browns Hill Quarry12 July 2013
Graham CalowEllistown27 June 2011
Graham CalowSapcote21 June 2014white form
David NichollsNew Lount27 September 2012
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester24 June 2015. Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4953 9361(taken 2.7.2006)..JPG)
Graham CalowGranitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote02 July 2006white form
Graham CalowEllistown27 June 2011 Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4953 9361(taken 2.7.2006).JPG)
Graham CalowGranitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote02 July 2006white form
Graham CalowEllistown27 June 2011white form
Graham CalowEllistown27 June 2011
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire02 August 2011
David NichollsRatby Burroughs17 November 2011
Alan SemperHarby footparh13 August 2012
Alan SemperHarby footparh13 August 2012
David NichollsNew Lount27 September 2012
David NichollsRatby Burroughs17 November 2011
Alan SemperHolwell Browns Hill Quarry12 July 2013
Graham CalowFosse Meadows, Sharnford27 August 2014
Graham CalowFosse Meadows, Sharnford15 August 2014
Alan SemperScalford roadside01 October 2013
. Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4953 9361(taken 2.7.2006)..JPG)
 Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4953 9361(taken 2.7.2006).JPG)
