Synonym(s)
Great cheese poplar; Malva sylvestries; Malva sylvestries L.; Rosspappel.
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see under mallow
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The wild mallow grows as a mostly year-round green and herbaceous plant, which reaches growth heights of 30 to 125 cm. It has a spindle-shaped, fleshy and deep-reaching taproot, which anchors it firmly in the ground.
The leaves are between 2 and 4 cm long and 2 to 5 cm wide and have a distinct notch at the edge. Malva sylvestries flowers between May and September. The petals, which are pinkish-violet in colour, have fine longitudinal veins that give them their characteristic pattern.
Malva sylvestries is the parent plant of Malvae folium or -flos
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles