Malvaceae Week: Malva sylvestris from Delhi and Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Malva sylvestris L., Sp. pl. 2:689. 1753

syn: Malva mauritiana L.

Common names: cheeses, common mallow, high mallow, tall mallow

Tall biennial herb up to 1.2 m; leaves 2-4 cm long, 3-lobed, truncate to cordate at base; stipules lanceolate, 5 mm long, petiole 2-6 cm long; flowers in axillary fascicles of 2-4, epicalyx segments ovate, 2-3 mm long; calyx 3-6 mm long; petals at least three times as long as calyx, pink-purple, emarginate; fruit 5-6 mm across,  mericarps 10-12, reticulate.

Often grown in gardens as ornamental and occurring as escape. Photographed from Herbal garden in Delhi in March and Balgarden in Srinagar, Kashmir in June.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Balkar Arya]

Very beautiful pics Sir

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[prasad dash]

Great snap Sir. Thanks for sharing one of the beauty of nature.

Regards

Prasad

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Prasad Kumar Dash
Ecologist, Orissa, India
email: prasad....@gmail.com
ph. 09437444241

[mani nair]

Beautiful flowers Gurcharan ji. Are they fragrant?
Regards,
Mani.

On 9/9/11, prasad dash <prasad....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Great snap Sir. Thanks for sharing one of the beauty of nature.
>
> Regards
>
> Prasad
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Balkar Arya <balka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Very beautiful pics Sir
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Malva sylvestris L., Sp. pl. 2:689. 1753

>>> syn: *Malva mauritiana* L.

[Madhuri Pejaver]

Beautiful. As if painted. Madhuri --- On Fri, 9/9/11, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Ushadi micromini]

Last two and the seedpod...love it

Usha di

On Sep 10, 1:31 am, Madhuri Pejaver <formpeja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Beautiful. As if painted.
> Madhuri
>

> --- On Fri, 9/9/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [efloraofindia:80656] Malvaceae Week: Malva sylvestris from Delhi and Kashmir
> To: "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Friday, 9 September, 2011, 8:49 AM
>

> Malva sylvestris L., Sp. pl. 2:689. 1753syn: Malva mauritiana L.