Malvaceae FAMILY

Malva arborea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Malva arborea is a biennial to perennial plant with erect stems that can become more or less woody and persist; it can grow 100 - 300cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, and possibly also as a food. It is often grown as an ornamental in gardens. Malva arborea is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens. It has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in varios countries, including western N. America, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCoastal regions of Europe and N. Africa from Britain south to Portugal and Macaronesia, east to Greece and Tunisia; W. Asia - Turkey

HabitatMaritime rocks or waste ground by the sea, to 150 metres[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Disturbed areas, coastal bluffs, dunes; at elevations up to 200 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].