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Malva assurgentiflora

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{{Speciesbox

|name = Island mallow

|image = Lavatera assurgentiflora 2005-06-09.jpg

|genus = Malva

|species = assurgentiflora

|authority = (Kellogg) M.F. Ray

|synonyms =

  • Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg
  • Saviniona assurgentiflora (Kellogg) E. Greene
  • Saviniona suspensa (Kellogg) E. Greene
  • Saviniona clementina E. Greene
  • Saviniona reticulata E. Greene

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Lavatera/californian.html#assurgentiflora |title=L. assurgentiflora |last=Hinsley |first=Stewart Robert |date=2004 |website=Malvaceae Info |publisher=Stewart Robert Hinsley |access-date=7 June 2020}}

| status = G1

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158855 | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}

}}

Malva assurgentiflora, formerly classified as Lavatera assurgentiflora,[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=89039 The Jepson Manual, TJM2; 2012] . accessed 6.30.2013 the island mallow,{{cite book |last=Hill |first=Steven R. |date=2015 |chapter=Malva assurgentiflora (Kellogg) M. F. Ray in Malva L. |chapter-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242436147 |title=Flora of North America, Vol. 2 |url=http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1006&flora_id=1 |location=New York and Oxford |publisher=Flora of North America Association }} mission mallow, royal mallow, malva rosa island mallow, island tree mallow{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} or malva rosa ('pink mallow') in Spanish, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family.

Description

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. The disc-shaped fruit is divided into 6 or 8 segments each containing a seed.

Distribution

It is endemic to southern California, where it is native only to the Channel Islands. 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.

Uses

Malva assurgentiflora has been grown in California for a very long time as an ornamental plant and as a windbreak.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5042,5069,5071 Jepson Manual Treatment — TJM93]

References

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External links

  • [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Malva+assurgentiflora Calflora Database: Malva assurgentiflora (Island mallow)] — formerly Lavatera assurgentiflora.
  • [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LAAS USDA Plants Profile - Lavatera assurgentiflora (island mallow)]
  • {{ITIS |id=21817 |taxon=Lavatera assurgentiflora}}
  • [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Lavatera+assurgentiflora U.C. CalPhotos gallery of Lavatera assurgentiflora]

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Malva assurgentiflora
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Category:Endemic flora of California

Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands

Category:Natural history of the Channel Islands of California

Category:Taxa named by Albert Kellogg

Category:Garden plants of North America

Category:Drought-tolerant plants

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