Malvaceae
Musk mallow
Malva moschata
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- خبازة مسكية
- arz
- خبازه مسكيه
- Bulgarian
- Мускусен слез
- Catalan
- Mauve musquée
- Chinese
- 麝香錦葵, 麝香锦葵
- Croatian
- Mošusni sljez
- Czech
- Sléz pižmový
- Danish
- Moskus-Katost
- Dutch
- Muskuskaasjeskruid, Muskusmalve
- English
- Musk mallow, Musk-mallow
- Estonian
- Muskus-kassinaeris
- Finnish
- Myskimalva
- French
- Mauve musquée
- German
- Moschus-Malve, Indische Hibiscus-Malve, Mauve musquée
- hsb
- Wonjaty šlěz, Wonjaty šlez
- Hungarian
- Pézsmamályva
- inh
- Миский мальва
- Irish
- Hocas muscach
- Japanese
- ジャコウアオイ
- kw
- Malow musk
- Latvian
- Smaržīgā malva
- Lithuanian
- Mauve musquée
- Macedonian
- Мошусен слез
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Moskuskattost
- Polish
- Ślaz piżmowy
- Russian
- Мальва мускусная, Просвирник мускусный
- Slovak
- Slez pižmový
- Slovenian
- Muškatni slezenovec
- Spanish
- Flor de malva, Panes
- Swedish
- Myskmalva, Mauve musquée
- Welsh
- Hocysen fwsg
Synonyms
- Alcea pinnatifida Gilib.
- Bismalva laciniata Fourr.
- Bismalva moschata (L.) Medik.
- Malva alcea subsp. moschata (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Malva cordistipula Steud.
- Malva dethardingii Link ex Dethard.
- Malva geraniifolia Gay & Gay
- Malva geraniifolia J.Gay
- Malva laciniata Desr.
- Malva lamottei Jord. ex Nyman
- Malva moschata f. alba Moldenke
- Malva moschata f. moschata
- Malva moschata f. subglabra Johanss.
- Malva moschata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Arcang.
- Malva moschata var. decalvata Johanss.
- Malva moschata var. heterophylla Lej.
- Malva moschata var. integrifolia Lej.
- Malva moschata var. intermedia Godr.
- Malva moschata var. laciniata Lej.
- Malva moschata var. ramondiana Godr.
- Malva orsiniana Ten.
- Malva tenuifolia Savi
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 2,400 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ellen Bidulka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ross McCallum, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Albert H., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: watertype, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.