Malva sylvestris
Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus "Malva" in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus. Known as common mallow to English-speaking Europeans,
it acquired the common names of cheeses, high mallow and tall mallow (mauve des bois by the French)
as it migrated from its native home in Western Europe, North Africa and Asia through the English-speaking world.

"M. sylvestris" is a vigorous plant with showy flowers of bright mauve-purple, with dark veins, standing high and growing freely in meadows, hedgerows and in fallow fields.
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Malva
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Malvaceae
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mauve
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meadow
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hedgerow
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fallow
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Malva sylvestris
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