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European mallow

Malva alcea

281Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun77
Jul130
Aug43
Sep13
Oct8
Nov4
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England19
2Gloucestershire England10
3Worcestershire England8
4Surrey England7
5Cumbria England7
6Nottinghamshire England7
7Dorset England6
8Cornwall England6
9Herefordshire, County of England6
10Devon England5
11Lincolnshire England5
12Northamptonshire England5
13Powys Wales5
14Bath and North East Somerset England5
15Norfolk England3
19 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
281
Peak month
July
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Malva alcea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
182
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Malva
Name with authority
Malva alcea L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162805 · GBIF 3152365