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Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)

Image ID: oc7

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Introduced
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
Height: 0.7 to 2 ft.
Blooms: June to October
Leaf Type: lobed
Bloom Size:  1.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Oil Creek Trail
Date:  6/22/2003
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Musk Mallow may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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