Malva
Summary 5
Malva is a genus of about 25–30 species of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae (of which it is the type genus), one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe. The word "mallow" is derived from Old English "malwe", which was imported from Latin "malva", cognate with Ancient...
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- Köhler, F. E. (Franz Eugen), no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malva_sylvestris_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-222.jpg
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