FLOWERS OF THE HILLS AND DRY PLACES 



Musk Mallow (Malva moschata, L.) 



The Musk Mallow is not found fossil in any deposit. It is a 

 member of the flora of the North Temperate Zone, found in Europe 

 eastward to Lithuania, and it has been introduced into the United 

 States. Though fairly widespread in Great Britain it does not 

 grow in West Kent, Radnor, Cardigan, Montgomery, S. Lines, Mid 

 Lanes, S.E. Yorks, Renfrew, Peebles, Selkirk, Linlithgow, Mid Perth, 



MI-SK MALLOW (Malva moschata, L.) 



and elsewhere; and in the West Highlands only in Dumbarton, 

 Clyde Isles, and S. Ebudes, and in Sutherland in N, Highlands; 

 but in Mid Scotland Watson held it to be an alien. It is rare in 

 Ireland. 



Mountains and hills are the home of the Musk Mallow, which is 

 a rupestral or rock-loving species, delighting to grow on lofty summits 

 where arenaceous or sandstone rocks come to the surface. In the 

 lowlands it may be found in situations where it can command a similar 

 sandy habitat. 



The Musk Mallow is a suberect plant, with numerous stems, hairy, 

 tall, and with many branches. The leaves are kidney-shaped at the 

 base, with long leaf- stalks, with 5-7 deep, pinnatifid lobes, divided 

 nearly to the base, with narrow segments, the upper with narrow 

 segments only. 



