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Malva assurgentiflora
Also called Mission Mallow, Royal mallow, Californian Mallow
Island mallow is a sprawling shrub or small tree from the Channel Islands of California, grown for its showy deep pink flowers. It needs good drainage and full sun to thrive in mild climates.
Malva assurgentiflora, formerly classified as Lavatera assurgentiflora, the island mallow, mission mallow, royal mallow, malva rosa island mallow, island tree mallow or malva rosa ('pink mallow') in Spanish, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family.
It is endemic to southern California, where it is native only to the Channel Islands. It can also be found growing as an escapee from cultivation in localized spots in coastal mainland California and Baja California, as well as sparingly in locations in Guatemala, cooler regions in mountainous or Mediterranean areas in western South America, New Zealand and Australia.
Malva assurgentiflora has been grown in California for a very long time as an ornamental plant and as a windbreak.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malva assurgentiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
