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Internal ID UUID643ffe06a42c9667775293
Scientific name Malva moschata
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 690 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Malva laciniata Desr. Encycl. 3: 750 (1792)
Malva geraniifolia Gay & Gay in Lacaita Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 6: 125 (1836)
Malva lamottei Jord. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 129 (1878)
Malva dethardingii Link ex Dethard. Consp. Pl. Megalopol. : 54 (1828)
Malva orsiniana Ten. Fl. Napol. 5: 85 (1836)
Alcea pinnatifida Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. i. 66. 1782
Bismalva laciniata Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 350 (1868)
Bismalva moschata Medik. Malvenfam. : 39 (1787)
Malva moschata f. alba Moldenke Phytologia 2: 138 (1946)
Malva geraniifolia J.Gay Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 6: 125. 1836
Malva cordistipula Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 94. 1841
Malva tenuifolia Savi Due Cent. 122.
Malva moschata var. heterophylla Lej.
Malva moschata var. laciniata Lej.
Malva moschata var. integrifolia Lej.
Malva alcea subsp. moschata (L.) Bonnier & Layens
Malva moschata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Arcang.
Malva moschata var. intermedia Godr.
Malva moschata var. ramondiana Godr.
Malva moschata var. decalvata Johanss.
Malva moschata f. subglabra Johanss.

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Language Common/alternative name
English musk mallow
English musk-mallow
Spanish panes
Spanish flor de malva
Arabic خبازة مسكية
Bulgarian мускусен слез
Catalan mauve musquée
Czech sléz pižmový
Welsh hocysen fwsg
Danish moskus-katost
German mauve musquée
German indische hibiscus-malve
German moschus-malve
Estonian muskus-kassinaeris
Finnish myskimalva
French mauve musquée
Irish hocas muscach
Croatian mošusni sljez
Upper Sorbian wonjaty šlěz
Upper Sorbian wonjaty šlez
Hungarian pézsmamályva
Japanese ジャコウアオイ
Cornish malow musk
Lithuanian mauve musquée
Latvian smaržīgā malva
Macedonian мошусен слез
Norwegian Bokmål moskuskattost
Dutch muskusmalve
Dutch muskuskaasjeskruid
Polish Ślaz piżmowy
Russian Просвирник мускусный
Russian Мальва мускусная
Slovak slez pižmový
Slovenian muškatni slezenovec
Swedish mauve musquée
Swedish myskmalva
Chinese 麝香錦葵
Chinese 麝香锦葵

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
    • Russian Far East
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • West Siberia
    • Western Asia
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina South
      • Chile South

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000449199
UNII D5760R7EIP
Canadensys 6627
USDA Plants MAMO2
Tropicos 19600057
INPN 107282
Flora of Italy 3101
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561790-1
The Plant List kew-2503483
Missouri Botanical Garden 282567
Open Tree Of Life 297263
Observations.org 7033
NCBI Taxonomy 446345
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003130
Nature Serve 2.152511
IPNI 561790-1
iNaturalist 55977
GBIF 3152379
Freebase /m/03bx9lw
WisFlora 4190
EPPO MALMO
EOL 584650
Elurikkus 5635
Calflora (Californian flora) 10100
USDA GRIN 104912
Wikipedia Malva_moschata

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Fostering in situ conservation of wild relatives of forage crops Kägi C, Petitpierre B, Meyer P, Lötscher Y, Eggenberg S, Aubry S Front Plant Sci 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10643147
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1287430
PMID:38023832
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Floral enhancement of arable field margins increases moth abundance and diversity Blumgart D, Botham MS, Menéndez R, Bell JR J Insect Conserv 23-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10205847
doi:10.1007/s10841-023-00469-9
PMID:37234225
Some bee-pollinated plants provide nutritionally incomplete pollen amino acid resources to their pollinators Jeannerod L, Carlier A, Schatz B, Daise C, Richel A, Agnan Y, Baude M, Jacquemart AL PLoS One 02-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9345472
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269992
PMID:35917360
Impacts of Wildflower Interventions on Beneficial Insects in Fruit Crops: A Review Fountain MT Insects 18-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8955123
doi:10.3390/insects13030304
PMID:35323602
Floral Scents and Fruit Aromas: Functions, Compositions, Biosynthesis, and Regulation Mostafa S, Wang Y, Zeng W, Jin B Front Plant Sci 10-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8961363
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.860157
PMID:35360336
Restoration of species‐rich grasslands by transfer of local plant material and its impact on species diversity and genetic variation—Findings of a practical restoration project in southeastern Germany Kaulfuß F, Reisch C Ecol Evol 22-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8462159
doi:10.1002/ece3.8029
PMID:34594541
Exchange of medicinal plant information in California missions McBride JR, Cavero RY, Cheshire AL, Calvo MI, McBride DL J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7296748
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00388-y
PMID:32539795
A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens Frey D, Moretti M Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6545399
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:31194048
A trait‐based approach to plant species selection to increase functionality of farmland vegetative strips Cresswell CJ, Cunningham HM, Wilcox A, Randall NP Ecol Evol 01-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6476755
doi:10.1002/ece3.5047
PMID:31031925
Flower Strips in Wheat Intercropping System: Effect on Pollinator Abundance and Diversity in Belgium Amy C, Noël G, Hatt S, Uyttenbroeck R, Van de Meutter F, Genoud D, Francis F Insects 04-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6164983
doi:10.3390/insects9030114
PMID:30181444
Flower preferences and pollen transport networks for cavity‐nesting solitary bees: Implications for the design of agri‐environment schemes Gresty CE, Clare E, Devey DS, Cowan RS, Csiba L, Malakasi P, Lewis OT, Willis KJ Ecol Evol 07-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6106195
doi:10.1002/ece3.4234
PMID:30151172
Food for Pollinators: Quantifying the Nectar and Pollen Resources of Urban Flower Meadows Hicks DM, Ouvrard P, Baldock KC, Baude M, Goddard MA, Kunin WE, Mitschunas N, Memmott J, Morse H, Nikolitsi M, Osgathorpe LM, Potts SG, Robertson KM, Scott AV, Sinclair F, Westbury DB, Stone GN PLoS One 24-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4920406
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158117
PMID:27341588
How to colour a flower: on the optical principles of flower coloration van der Kooi CJ, Elzenga JT, Staal M, Stavenga DG Proc Biol Sci 11-May-2016
PMCID:PMC4874715
doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0429
PMID:27170723
Medicinal and local food plants in the south of Alava (Basque Country, Spain) Alarcόn R, Pardo-de-Santayana M, Priestley C, Morales R, Heinrich M J Ethnopharmacol 24-Dec-2015
PMCID:PMC4675496
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.022
PMID:26481607

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