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Taxon:  Malva moschata L.



Summary
Genus:
Malva
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Malveae
Nomen number:
104912
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:690. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Malva moschata L. var. moschata

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Malva moschata L. var. rosea hort.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Curtis, W. M. & D. I. Morris. 1956-. The student's flora of Tasmania.
  3. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 172.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
  9. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  10. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
  11. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  12. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  13. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  15. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  16. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  17. Savulescu, T. et al., eds; E. J. Nyárády et al., comp. 1952-1976. Flora republicii populare romine.
  18. St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands
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  20. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
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Common names
English
musk mallow –
English (Canada)
musk mallow –
French
mauve musquée –
French (Canada)
mauve musquée –
German
Moschus-Malve –
Swedish
myskmalva –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=104912. Accessed 16 May 2025.