Mallow verticillata

Malva verticillata

Flower name
Mallow verticillata
Scientific name
Malva verticillata
Aliasアオイ, 冬葵, Chinese mallow, cluster mallow
Place of originPakistan to China
Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Garden
Flowering seasonApril, May, June, July, August, September
Language of flowersCourage

What is Mallow verticillata

Malva verticillata, or Chinese mallow (scientific name: Malva verticillata) is a large annual or biennial wildflower in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Pakistan to China. It was introduced to Japan in ancient times and cultivated for medicinal purposes and as a vegetable. Today, it is rarely cultivated and some parts of it are wild. The plant grows erect with a height of 60-170 cm. The leaves have petioles and are palmately lobed with 5 to 7 shallow lobes. The flowers are small, 1-2 cm in diameter, five-petaled, white, pink or red, and bloom clustered in leaf axils from April to June. The flowers have three narrow sepals. The seedlings produced after the flowers are used to make a herbal medicine called "toki shi" (冬葵子).
It is similar to the variant "okanori," but the lobes of the okanori are more rounded.

Common name: Malva verticillata, scientific name: Malva verticillata, English name: Chinese mallow, cluster mallow, Origin: China, Life cycle: annual to biennial, H: 60 to Flowering season: April to September, Flower diameter: 1-2 cm, Number of petals: 5, Number of stamens: 13 or more, Fruiting season: August to October, Use: ornamental plant, in China leaves are boiled as vegetable, seeds are used in herbal medicine "Dong Wai Zi", Notes: Flowering season: April to September, Flowering temperature: 40-70℃, Leaf shape: palmate with 5-7 shallow lobes, Leaf margin: serrated, Inflorescence: alternate, Flower color: white, pink, red Note: Insect-pollinated.