Malva trimestris(L.) Salisb.

annual mallow

WFO wfo-0000449578 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Malva trimestris, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. a Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-17 / obs. 198342272
Malva trimestris, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. b Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189268967
Malva trimestris, photographed by João Valença
fig. c João Valença, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174566969
Malva trimestris, photographed by Vicente Lopes
fig. d Vicente Lopes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132733856
Malva trimestris, photographed by Dyhia YOUSFI
fig. e Dyhia YOUSFI, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132495000
Malva trimestris, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. f Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178222333
Malva trimestris, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. g Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177676129
Malva trimestris, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177636633

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Malva trimestris is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineTürkiyeCorseFranceGreeceItalyPortugalSiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Malva trimestris, 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
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
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 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 africana (Mill.) Borbás
  • Althaea trimestris Kuntze
  • Lavatera africana Mill.
  • Lavatera alba Medik.
  • Lavatera althaeifolia Mill.
  • Lavatera grandiflora Lam.
  • Lavatera meonantha Link
  • Lavatera moschata Miergues
  • Lavatera pseudotrimestris Rouy ex Cout.
  • Lavatera rosea Medik.
  • Lavatera trimestris L.
  • Lavatera trimestris f. colorata Gattef. & Maire
  • Lavatera trimestris var. brachypoda Pérez Lara
  • Lavatera trimestris var. genuina Cout.
  • Lavatera trimestris var. malviformis Ball
  • Lavatera trimestris var. moschata Batt.
  • Lavatera trimestris var. pseudotrimestris Cout.
  • Malva africana (Mill.) Steud.
  • Malva trimestris var. brachypoda (Pérez Lara) Verloove & Lambinon
  • Malva trimestris var. moschata (Batt. & Trab.) Iamonico
  • Stegia lavatera DC.
  • Stegia trimestris (L.) Risso
  • Stegia trimestris var. brachypoda (Pérez Lara) T.Luque & Devesa

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 LATR3. 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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