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Common Mallow
Malva sylvestris
Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus. Known as common mallow to English-speaking Europeans, it acquired the common names of cheeses, high mallow and tall mallow (mauve des bois by the French) as it migrated from its native home in Western Europe, North Africa and Asia through the English-speaking world. M. sylvestris is a vigorously healthy plant...
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.666
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.543
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.542
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.541
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.540
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.276
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.441
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.284
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.318
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.663
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.166
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 3)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.14
In the stacks
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Every page naming Malva sylvestris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56162.