Malvaceae FAMILY
Althaea hirsuta
Althaea hirsuta
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Althaea hirsuta is an erect annual plant forming one or more stems 25 - 50cm tall. The stems can be unbranched or branching from the base[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant produces a potentially useful oil in its seed.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeN. Africa - Morocco to Algeria; Europe - Spain to France, east to Ukraine and Greece; W. Asia - Russian Federation, Turkey to Israel, and Turkmenistan
HabitatStony and clayey desert-steppe slopes, open xerophytic woods and scrub, meadows in extreme arid climate, weedy and ruderal places[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Borders of fields and wood margins in southern Britain, where it is doubtfully native[ 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. ].