Scientific Name
Malva moschata

Common Name
Musk mallow
Life Cycle: Perennial


Height: 8 to 24 inches
Flower/fruit: 1.5 inch pink flowers with five notched, wedge-shaped petals; stamens are fused into a column; musk scented; circular, hairy, doughnut-like fruit
Flowering Season: Early summer into fall
Foliage: 3 to 4 inch palmate leaves with narrowly toothed lobes
Site: Roadsides, fields
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