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Cretan Mallow (Malva multiflora)
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Malva multiflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Malva
Species:
M. multiflora
Binomial name
Malva multiflora
(Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Althaea cretica (L.) Kuntze
    • Althaea sylvestris (Brot.) Borbás
    • Anthema cretica (L.) Medik.
    • Anthema scabra Moench
    • Anthema tenoreana C.Presl
    • Lavatera cavanillesii Caball.
    • Lavatera cretica L.
    • Lavatera empedoclis Ucria
    • Lavatera hederifolia (Vis.) Schloss. & Vuk.
    • Lavatera mollis Ehrenb. ex Sweet
    • Lavatera neapolitana Ten.
    • Lavatera sicula Tineo
    • Lavatera stenophylla (Willk.) Rouy
    • Lavatera sylvestris Brot.
    • Lavatera triloba Sebast. & Mauri
    • Lavatera weinmanniana Trevir. ex DC.
    • Malope multiflora Cav.
    • Malva cretica (L.) Pau
    • Malva hederifolia Vis.
    • Malva linnaei M.F.Ray
    • Malva liocarpa Phil.
    • Malva mamillosa J.Lloyd ex Nyman
    • Malva mauritiana Willk.
    • Malva pseudolavatera Webb & Berthel.
    • Malva willkommiana Scheele

Malva multiflora (previously known as Lavatera cretica) is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Cornish mallow and Cretan hollyhock. It is native to western Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Basin, and it is naturalized in areas with a Mediterranean climate, such as parts of Australia, South Africa, and California. This is an annual or biennial herb growing a tough, somewhat hairy stem to a maximum height between 1 and 3 meters. The leaves are multilobed with flat or wavy edges, slightly hairy, and up to 10 centimeters long. The plant bears small pink or light purple flowers with petals just over a centimeter long. The fruit is disc-shaped with 7 to 10 segments.

Leaf laminas of Malva multiflora can track solar position throughout the day and turn to face the sunrise, behavior that anticipates the future, despite lacking a central nervous system.[2][3]

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Photos from Antalya in Turkey.

  • Plant generally upright
    Plant generally upright
  • Plant generally upright
    Plant generally upright
  • Inflorescence, distant
    Inflorescence, distant
  • Inflorescence, close
    Inflorescence, close
  • Flower, usually pale
    Flower, usually pale
  • Flower, rather bigger than calyx, calyx 5-part, epicalyx 3-broad-parts, usually reasonably stellate-hairy
    Flower, rather bigger than calyx, calyx 5-part, epicalyx 3-broad-parts, usually reasonably stellate-hairy
  • Floral organs, unopened
    Floral organs, unopened
  • Floral organs, opened
    Floral organs, opened
  • Epicalyx 3-part broad, joined at base
    Epicalyx 3-part broad, joined at base
  • Flowers
    Flowers
  • Fruit, hairy form, mature, always lacks wrinkles, with rounded surface
    Fruit, hairy form, mature, always lacks wrinkles, with rounded surface
  • Fruit, hairy form, mature, from side
    Fruit, hairy form, mature, from side
  • Fruit, hairless form, mature
    Fruit, hairless form, mature
  • Fruit, hairless form, young
    Fruit, hairless form, young
  • Fruiting inflorescence
    Fruiting inflorescence
  • Stellate (starlike) hairs with bulbous bases conspicuous
    Stellate (starlike) hairs with bulbous bases conspicuous
  • Leaf upperside
    Leaf upperside
  • Leaf upperside, hairy example (may lack hairs)
    Leaf upperside, hairy example (may lack hairs)
  • Leaf underside
    Leaf underside
  • Leaf underside
    Leaf underside
  • Leaf stalk hairs
    Leaf stalk hairs
  • Biennial form, thick trunked
    Biennial form, thick trunked
  • Biennial form, trunk
    Biennial form, trunk
  • Trampled form, still showing a main stem
    Trampled form, still showing a main stem
  • Trampled form, showing smaller leaves
    Trampled form, showing smaller leaves

References

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  1. ^ "Malva multiflora (Cav.) Soldano, Banfi & Galasso". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ Schwartz, A; Koller, D (1986). "Diurnal Phototropism in Solar Tracking Leaves of Lavatera cretica". Plant Physiology. 80 (3): 778–781. doi:10.1104/pp.80.3.778. PMC 1075199. PMID 16664701.
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