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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Greg Jordan)
close-up of older stem (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
lower leaves (Photo: Trevor James)
close-up of young stem and leaf (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
uppermost leaves and flower buds (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flower and immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of flower (Photo: Greg Jordan)
Scientific Name
Malva arborea
Synonyms
Malva dendromorpha M.F. Ray
Lavatera arborea L.
Family
Malvaceae
Common Names
bush mallow, Cornish tree mallow, Irish toilet paper, lavatera, tree mallow, tree-mallow, velvet tree-mallow
Origin
Native to north-western Africa (i.e. northern Algeria and Tunisia), the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands and western and southern Europe (i.e. Ireland, the UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia).
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in the temperate regions of southern Australia (i.e. in the coastal districts of central New South Wales, in southern Victoria, in Tasmania, in the southern parts of South Australia and in south-western Western Australia).
Also naturalised in south-western USA (i.e. California and Oregon), Mexico, South America (i.e. Argentina and Chile), South Africa and New Zealand.
Notes
Tree mallow (Malva dendromorpha) is regarded as a significant environmental weed in Western Australia, and as an environmental weed in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
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