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Common Mallow

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Mallow

Eden Jackson

Common mallow

Common mallow is a handsome 'weed' of waste ground, roadside verges and gardens. Its deep pink, stripey flowers provide nectar for insects throughout the summer.

Enw gwyddonol

Malva sylvestris

Pryd i'w gweld

June to October

Gwybodaeth am rywogaethau

Ystadegau

Height: up to 1.5m
Common.

Ynghylch

Common mallow is a handsome, large, spreading plant with beautiful deep pink flowers that appear from June to October. It can be found on roadside verges, along footpaths and on waste ground. Certain parts of common mallow are edible (leaves, flowers and seeds) and there is evidence that the Romans may have deliberately cultivated the plant to be used for food and medicine.

Sut i'w hadnabod

Common mallow has pale mauve, funnel-like flowers with five open petals and deep purple stripes. Its leaves have five lobes and its stalks have hairs on them.

Dosbarthiad

Found throughout the UK, but especially common in Wales and Southern England.

Roeddech chi yn gwybod?

The French word for mallow is 'mauve', which is where we get the word for the colour mauve from.