Malva hispanica L. is a plant in the Malvaceae family, order Malvales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Malva hispanica L.
Malva hispanica (Spanish mallow) is a western Mediterranean native flowering plant in Malvaceae with unique bilobed epicalyx.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Malva hispanica, commonly called Spanish mallow, is a flowering plant species that belongs to the family Malvaceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean region. Uniquely among all species in the Malva genus, the flowers of Malva hispanica have a bilobed epicalyx. This structure is derived from an ancestral trimerous epicalyx, and it formed through the loss of the adaxial epicalyx lobe.
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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