Malva alcea
[1][2][3] It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50–125 cm tall, with stems covered in stellate hairs, meaning they branch at the free end into several strands.The flowers appear singly near the apex of corymbose racemes growing from the leaf axils in summer to early fall.The bracteoles that make up the epicalyx are ovate and wide at the base where they are fused with the calyx.Natural hybrids with the closely related Malva moschata are occasionally found.In central Europe it grows at altitudes of up to 2,000 m.[3] It has been widely grown outside of its native range as an ornamental plant.
Scientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsRosidsMalvalesMalvaceaeBinomial namemallow familyEuropeSwedenRussiaTurkeyherbaceousperennial plantleavesflowerscorymboseracemessepalspetalsschizocarpmericarpchromosomeNatural hybridsMalva moschataornamental plantcultivarsUnited StatesnaturalisedBernh.Plants for a FutureWikidataWikispeciesEcocropiNaturalistNatureServeObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifePlant ListTropicos