Malva pusilla

Small-flowered mallow ( Malva pusilla )

The Small-flowered mallow ( Malva pusilla ) is a plant belonging to the mallow family ( Malvaceae ).

Features

The Small-flowered mallow is an annual half- rosette plant, reaches the heights of growth 8-30 centimeters. The stem leaves are lobed. The flowers are arranged in tufts in clusters in the leaf axils. The petals are whitish, slightly emarginate and with a length of 4 to 5 mm as long as the calyx. The sepals have a curly edge. The partial fruits are bounded wrinkled and sharp. The fruit stalks are bent downward.

The flowering period extends from June to September. There is insect pollination and self-pollination. The seeds are long-lived and spread by humans, Velcro propagation and spread of digestion.

The chromosome number is 2n = 42, 76

Occurrence

The Small-flowered mallow grows on dry to moderately dry and often premolars Ruderalstellen as crossing points and roadsides, in vineyards and corn- fields. The species is tolerant of salt.

In Germany, the Small-flowered mallow is a archaeophyte. It occurs scattered in northern Thuringia, south of Saxony-Anhalt, Eastern Brandenburg, Northern Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania and southern Schleswig-Holstein, rare in Western Bavaria and near Passau, in northern Baden- Württemberg, Eastern Rhineland -Palatinate, Hesse, southern Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and North Western Brandenburg and rare and unstable in North and West North Rhine -Westphalia, Saxony and southern Lower Saxony before.

Documents

• Eckhart J. Jäger, Klaus Werner ( eds.): Excursion Flora of Germany. Founded by Werner Roth painter. 10, revised edition. Volume 4: Vascular Plants: Critical band, Elsevier, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich / Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8274-1496-2.