Malva setigeraK.F.Schimp. & Spenn.

hairy marshmallow

WFO wfo-0000449618 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Malva setigera, photographed by Bastien Alegot
fig. a Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-13 / obs. 136273068
Malva setigera, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. b Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 135116554
Malva setigera, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. c Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198029852
Malva setigera, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 19934894
Malva setigera, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. e Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24204293
Malva setigera, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. f Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8287611
Malva setigera, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. g Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8338400
Malva setigera, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. h Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129364902

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Malva setigera is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanAlbaniaBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Malva setigera, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Althaea hirsuta L.
  • Althaea hispida Moench
  • Althaea mutica J.Gay ex Ball
  • Axolopha hirsuta Alef.
  • Dinacrusa hirsuta (L.) G.Krebs
  • Malva hirsuta (L.) E.H.L.Krause

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol ALHI2. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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