Malvaceae
Annual mallow
Malva trimestris
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- لافترية بيضاء, لافترية فصلية
- Armenian
- Լավաթերա եռամսյա
- arz
- لافتريه فصليه
- Belarusian
- Хацьма трохмесячная
- Chinese
- 三月花葵, 裂叶花葵
- Czech
- Slézovec tříměsíční
- English
- Annual mallow, Regal mallow, Rose mallow
- Estonian
- Aed-rõngaslill
- Finnish
- Kesämalvikki, Kesämalva
- kab
- Tamejjirt
- Lithuanian
- Darželinė rožūnė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sommerpoppelrose
- Polish
- Ślazówka letnia, Ślazówka trzymiesięczna
- Slovenian
- Vrtni grmičasti oslez
- Swedish
- Sommarmalva
- Welsh
- Hocyswydden frenhinol
Synonyms
- Althaea africana (Mill.) Borbás
- Althaea trimestris Kuntze
- Lavatera africana Mill.
- Lavatera alba Medik.
- Lavatera althaeifolia Mill.
- Lavatera grandiflora Lam.
- Lavatera meonantha Link
- Lavatera moschata Miergues
- Lavatera pseudotrimestris Rouy ex Cout.
- Lavatera rosea Medik.
- Lavatera trimestris L.
- Lavatera trimestris f. colorata Gattef. & Maire
- Lavatera trimestris var. brachypoda Pérez Lara
- Lavatera trimestris var. genuina Cout.
- Lavatera trimestris var. malviformis Ball
- Lavatera trimestris var. moschata Batt.
- Lavatera trimestris var. pseudotrimestris Cout.
- Malva africana (Mill.) Steud.
- Malva trimestris var. brachypoda (Pérez Lara) Verloove & Lambinon
- Malva trimestris var. moschata (Batt. & Trab.) Iamonico
- Stegia lavatera DC.
- Stegia trimestris (L.) Risso
- Stegia trimestris var. brachypoda (Pérez Lara) T.Luque & Devesa
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 440 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lindsey K. Wise, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: irmdaen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: fmpulmar, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Kelly Martin assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.