Malva thuringiaca(L.) Vis.

tree lavatera

WFO wfo-0001286814 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Malva thuringiaca, photographed by Ульяна Лалак
fig. a Ульяна Лалак, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205228140
Malva thuringiaca, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. b Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203938187
Malva thuringiaca, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. c Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203668412
Malva thuringiaca, photographed by tetyanakuchma
fig. d tetyanakuchma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162705147
Malva thuringiaca, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. e Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158368485
Malva thuringiaca, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. f Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 158233236
Malva thuringiaca, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. g Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157881002
Malva thuringiaca, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. h Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154794298

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Malva thuringiaca is native: Altay, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AltayIranKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Malva thuringiaca, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB

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 23 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 ambigua (DC.) Alef.
  • Althaea muricata (Pančić) Borbás
  • Althaea thuringiaca Kuntze
  • Althaea vitifolia (Schur) Borbás
  • Lavatera ambigua DC.
  • Lavatera ambigua f. muricata (Pančić) Beck
  • Lavatera cyrilli (Vis.) Schloss. & Vuk.
  • Lavatera muricata Pančić
  • Lavatera salvitellensis Brign. ex Turcz.
  • Lavatera sylvestris Cirillo ex Ten.
  • Lavatera thirkeana K.Koch
  • Lavatera thuringiaca L.
  • Lavatera thuringiaca subsp. ambigua (DC.) Nyman
  • Lavatera thuringiaca var. brevipedunculata Parsa
  • Lavatera thuringiaca var. longiloba Halácsy
  • Lavatera thuringiaca var. palmata Regel
  • Lavatera thuringiaca var. vitifolia Schur
  • Lavatera vitifolia Wierzb. ex Schur
  • Lavatera vulgaris H.Mart.
  • Malva cyrilli Vis.
  • Malva thirkeana (K.Koch) Alef.
  • Olbia heterophylla Moench
  • Olbia thuringica Medik.

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 LATH. 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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