Malva acerifolia
On this basis, in 1998, Martin Forbes Ray published the replacement name Malva canariensis.[9] Two varieties are recognised: the nominate form which is found on the western islands, and M. acerifolia var.[12] This plant is a small tree or shrub, which will grow to approximately 5 ft. high in three or four years in cultivated.Cavanilles describes the petals as coloured light pink, with dark purple streaks near the base, and the undersides white.[10] The shrub was first collected by the French biologist Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet on the island of Tenerife during his sojourn there at the turn of the 18th century.[11] It is a somewhat ruderal species, preferring nitrogen-rich soils, especially on disturbed ground or abandoned farmland.