Malva assurgentiflora

Malva assurgentiflora is a sprawling perennial herb or bushy shrub generally exceeding a meter tall and approaching four meters in maximum height.The leaves are up to 15 centimeters long and wide and are divided into 5 to 7 toothed lobes.The showy flowers have five dark-veined deep pink petals which are somewhat rectangular in shape and 2.5 to 4.5 centimeters long.It can also be found growing as an escapee from cultivation in localised spots in coastal mainland California and Baja California, as well as sparingly in locations in Guatemala, cooler regions in mountainous or Mediterranean areas in western South America, New Zealand and Australia.[2][4] Malva assurgentiflora has been grown in California for a very long time as an ornamental plant and as a windbreak.
Conservation statusNatureServeScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsEudicotsRosidsMalvalesMalvaceaeBinomial nameKelloggSynonymsSpanishmallow familyendemicCaliforniaChannel IslandsBaja CaliforniaGuatemalaNew ZealandAustraliaornamental plantwindbreakIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemWikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistOpen Tree of LifePlant ListTropicoseFloraSAMalveae