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Malvaceae
Musk Mallow
Malva moschata
Delicate sweetness.
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
- Native to
- Europe, Southwestern Asia
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- herbaceous
- Height
- 1-3 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- well-drained, average to poor
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Its name 'moschata' comes from the faint musk scent released when the leaves and stems are crushed.
- Unlike common mallow, musk mallow has deeply divided, fern-like leaves that give it an especially airy appearance.
- The white-flowered cultivar 'Alba' won the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
- It self-seeds freely and can naturalize along roadsides and meadow edges within just a few years.
- Medieval monks planted musk mallow in monastery gardens as both a medicinal herb and a source of fiber for cordage.
Color meanings
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delicate beauty
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sweetness
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consumed by love