Malva aegyptia L.

Species Species

Family: MALVACEAE

Genus: Malva

Catalan common name: Malva egípcia.

Spanish common name: Malva egipcia.

Province distribution: Alacant. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Irano-Turanian

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Annual grasslands in dry, sunny environments, on basic substrates.

Characteristics: Annual herb with stems 5-25 cm, bearing stiff hairs. Leaves long-petiolate, nearly circular; lower ones divided into broad lobes; upper ones deeply divided into narrow lobes, more densely hairy on the underside. Flowers 5-10 mm, solitary or in terminal racemes. Sepals triangular, acute, with stiff hairs. Petals lilac, smaller or slightly longer than the sepals, glabrous.