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Key to MalvaView taxon page for Malva
(For a list of species in Malva, use the above link.) Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots. 1' Annual to perennial  Completing life cycle (germination through death) in more than two years or growing seasons, generally non-woody (at least above ground) to woody; includes perennial herbs as well as subshrubs to trees; the abbreviation 'per' only refers to perennial herb, not to the word 'perennial' alone. herb (subshrub), stem 0.1–3 m; flowers showy or not; petals 0.4–3 cm; calyx < 10 mm; segments 6–15 2. Petals generally > 15 mm, showy, dark-veined; stem erect  Upright; vertically oriented. ; bractlets free; calyx 6–8 mm; plant sparsely hairy ..... M. sylvestris 2' Petals generally < 15 mm, showy or not, dark-veined or not; stem prostrate  Lying flat on the ground. to erect; bractlets free or ± fused; calyx 3–6 mm; plant generally sparsely hairy to glabrous 3. Bractlets linear  Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong. to thread-like; calyx much larger in fruit, lobes  1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth. spreading  Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal. , not enclosing fruit; petals ± = calyx, <= 5 mm, ± pink to generally white; fruit segment outer edges thin-winged, toothed ..... M. parviflora 3' Bractlets widely linear, lanceolate  Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip. , ovate  Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf. , to rounded; calyx not much larger in fruit or if so, lobes generally enclosing fruit; petals ± > or >> calyx, > 5 mm, white to generally ± pink or ± purple; fruit segment outer edges not winged 4. Bractlets widely linear to narrowly lanceolate, free from each other and from calyx; fruit segments generally smooth or weakly ridged on back, outer edges ± rounded; petals pale lilac-pink to white, veins not dark 5. Stem generally prostrate to ascending  Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment. , 2–4(6) dm; leaf  Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets). lobes (0)5–7, margin flat; flowers generally 2–6 in leaf axils; petals generally 2 × > calyx; flower stalk in fruit >> calyx; fruit puberulent  Minutely hairy. on back ..... M. neglecta 5' Stem erect, (5)10–20(30) dm; leaf lobes generally 5, margin wavy; flowers 2–8 in leaf axils; petals generally ± > calyx; flower stalk in fruit < calyx; fruit glabrous on back ..... [M. verticillata var. crispa] 4' Bractlets widely lanceolate to ovate or ± round, bases fused to each other or to calyx; fruit segments generally net-veined or cross-ridged on back, outer edges sharp (rounded); petals rose or pale lilac-pink to white, veins generally dark 6. Bractlets generally fused to calyx, upper 1/2 free, widely lanceolate to ovate; stem generally decumbent  lying mostly flat on the ground but with tips curving up. or ascending, < 1 m; fruit segments strongly net-veined-pitted on back, outer edges sharp ..... M. nicaeensis 6' Bractlets generally fused to each other, upper 2/3 free, ovate to round; stem erect, generally > 1 m; fruit segments faint-net-veined or cross-ridged on back, outer edges ± sharp (rounded) 7. Involucel > calyx, leaves densely soft-stellate-hairy; petals rose to lavender with 5 dark veins; stem base generally woody ..... M. arborea 7' Involucel < calyx; leaves sparsely stellate  Pertaining to a hair or other structure with three or more branches radiating in two or three dimensions from a common point. hairy; petals pale pink to white generally with 3 dark veins; stem base not woody ..... M. multiflora
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