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Musk-mallow, Malva moschata, Hocas muscach
The Gearagh and Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork

Musk-mallow
Malva moschata
Hocas muscach
Family: Malvaceae

Flowering: July-October. Perennial. Introduced.

The pink flowers with a slight musk-like fragrance and over-lapping petals are either solitary or in clusters and white forms sometimes occur. The basal leaves are long-stalked with 3 shallow lobes but the stem leaves are deeply pinnate-lobed.

Well-drained soils on roadsides, grassy waste ground and wood edges.

Similar: Common Mallow, Malva sylvestris

Musk-mallow, Malva moschata, Hocas muscach

Musk-mallow, Malva moschata, Hocas muscach
Musk-mallow, Malva moschata, Hocas muscach

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