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Malvella sherardiana
Also called Sherard's Malvella
Malvella sherardiana, or Sherard's malvella, is a perennial flowering plant in the mallow family (Malvaceae), native to Spain and from Greece to Crimea, southeastward to Iran. The species features many ground-spreading stems with round, long-stalked leaves up to 50 millimetres (2.0 in) wide with crinkly edges, and small, solitary pink mallow-like flowers measuring 10 millimetres (0.39 in) in diameter. It is the only Old World species in the genus Malvella, typically growing in fields and waste places on heavy clay soils at elevations between 0–1,000 metres (3,300 ft), where it faces conservation challenges, particularly in central Spain where it qualifies as endangered with fewer than 300 individuals remaining across fragmented populations.
Malvella sherardiana occurs in Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Crimea, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Spain, Transcaucasus, and Turkey.
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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.
