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⚫ | '''''Malva nicaeensis''''' is a species of flowering plant in the [[ |
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It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an [[introduced species]] and sometimes a weed. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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''Malva nicaeensis'' is an annual or biennial herb producing a hairy, upright stem up to 60 centimeters long. The leaves are up to 12 centimeters wide and have several slight lobes along the edges. |
''Malva nicaeensis'' is an annual or biennial herb producing a hairy, upright stem up to 60 centimeters long.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malva nicaeensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250023532 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.efloras.org}}</ref> The leaves are up to 12 centimeters wide and have several slight lobes along the edges. |
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Flowers appear in the leaf axils, each with pinkish to light purple petals around a centimeter long. The disc-shaped fruit has several segments. |
Flowers appear in the leaf axils, each with pinkish to light purple petals around a centimeter long. The disc-shaped fruit has several segments. |
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== Plant uses |
== Plant uses and properties == |
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In the Levant, mallows grow profusely after the first winter rains. The leaves and stems are edible, and are widely collected |
In the [[Levant]], mallows grow profusely after the first winter rains. The leaves and stems are edible, and are widely collected for food, as they make an excellent garnish when chopped and fried in olive-oil with onions and spices. In Israel, the plant is renowned for having fed the besieged Jewish population in the 1948 [[Battle for Jerusalem]], its use similar to [[spinach]]. A particularly famous preparation are the [[Khubeza patties]]. [[Apicius]], a collection of Roman cookery recipes, mentions [[garum]] being used as a [[Broth|fish stock]] to flavor cooked mallows.<ref>[[Apicius]], ''De Re Coquinaria'' (Book III, section [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Apicius/3*.html#VIII VIII])</ref> |
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== Botanical gallery == |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 21.jpg|Plant form, general |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 24.jpg|Plant form closer |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 01.jpg|Epicalyx 3 broad segments, lacking stellate hairs |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 18.jpg|Flower, pinky with bold veins, may be paler |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 11.jpg|Flower showing calyx with 5 broad parts, epicalyx with 3 broad parts, sparsely hairy with simple hairs |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 03.jpg|Flower, petals without hairs, or with little, at centre |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 22.jpg|Central stigma |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 30.jpg|Petal, no hairs or scarcely so |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 12.jpg|Fruit, lightly hairy (may be hairless), showing wrinkles |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 06.jpg|Fruit, very hairy form |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 14.jpg|Flowers showing features together |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 28.jpg|Bracts |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 07.jpg|Plant area |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 08.jpg|Leafage area |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 15.jpg|Leaf |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 13.jpg|Leaf upperside |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 09.jpg|Leaf underside |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 16.jpg|Hairs generally simple with conspicuous bulbous bases (as M. sylvestris) |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 27.jpg|Plant base |
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File:Malva nicaeensis in Antalya by David Merrick 31.jpg|Plant base |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5042,5084,5086 Jepson Manual Treatment] |
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5042,5084,5086 Jepson Manual Treatment] |
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* {{CalPhotos|Malva|nicaeensis}} |
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*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Malva+nicaeensis Photo gallery] |
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* {{Calflora}} |
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* {{PFAF|Malva nicaeensis}} |
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[[Category:Malva|nicee]] |
[[Category:Malva|nicee]] |
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[[Category:Flora of North Africa]] |
[[Category:Flora of North Africa]] |
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[[Category:Flora of Western Asia]] |
[[Category:Flora of Western Asia]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Carlo Allioni]] |
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[[Category:Flora of Malta]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:46, 29 March 2024
Malva nicaeensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Malva |
Species: | M. nicaeensis
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Binomial name | |
Malva nicaeensis | |
Synonyms | |
Malva arvensis |
Malva nicaeensis is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names bull mallow[1] and French mallow.[2]
Description[edit]
Malva nicaeensis is an annual or biennial herb producing a hairy, upright stem up to 60 centimeters long.[3] The leaves are up to 12 centimeters wide and have several slight lobes along the edges.
Flowers appear in the leaf axils, each with pinkish to light purple petals around a centimeter long. The disc-shaped fruit has several segments.
Plant uses and properties[edit]
In the Levant, mallows grow profusely after the first winter rains. The leaves and stems are edible, and are widely collected for food, as they make an excellent garnish when chopped and fried in olive-oil with onions and spices. In Israel, the plant is renowned for having fed the besieged Jewish population in the 1948 Battle for Jerusalem, its use similar to spinach. A particularly famous preparation are the Khubeza patties. Apicius, a collection of Roman cookery recipes, mentions garum being used as a fish stock to flavor cooked mallows.[4]
Botanical gallery[edit]
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Plant form, general
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Plant form closer
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Epicalyx 3 broad segments, lacking stellate hairs
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Flower, pinky with bold veins, may be paler
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Flower showing calyx with 5 broad parts, epicalyx with 3 broad parts, sparsely hairy with simple hairs
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Flower, petals without hairs, or with little, at centre
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Central stigma
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Petal, no hairs or scarcely so
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Fruit, lightly hairy (may be hairless), showing wrinkles
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Fruit, very hairy form
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Flowers showing features together
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Bracts
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Plant area
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Leafage area
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Leaf
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Leaf upperside
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Leaf underside
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Hairs generally simple with conspicuous bulbous bases (as M. sylvestris)
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Plant base
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Plant base
References[edit]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Malva nicaeensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Malva nicaeensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ Apicius, De Re Coquinaria (Book III, section VIII)
External links[edit]
- Media related to Malva nicaeensis at Wikimedia Commons
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Malva nicaeensis in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
- "Malva nicaeensis". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
- "Malva nicaeensis". Plants for a Future.