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Musk-mallow

Malva moschata

3,454Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
107Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb2
Mar6
Apr36
May77
Jun628
Jul1,142
Aug564
Sep346
Oct174
Nov60
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England429
2Norfolk England93
3Sefton England90
4Oxfordshire England79
5Essex England67
6Herefordshire, County of England67
7Suffolk England63
8Cambridgeshire England58
9Surrey England53
10York England51
11North Yorkshire England47
12Devon England42
13North Tyneside England40
14Gloucestershire England35
15Cumbria England35
3,160 England114 Scotland83 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 107 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,454
Peak month
July
Counties with records
107
Scientific name
Malva moschata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,462
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Malva
Name with authority
Malva moschata L.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157920 · GBIF 3152379