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2n chromosome quantity
42 +
Achene architecture
unwinged +  and schizocarpic +
Achene dehiscence
indehiscent +
Achene orientation
erect +
Achene pubescence
glabrous +  and stellate-pilose-hairy +
Achene shape
reniform +  and orbicular rounded +
Achene texture
indurate +
Androecium architecture
monadelphous +
Androgynophore presence
absent +
Anther coloration
dark purple +
Apex shape
notched;obtuse +
Appendage shape
clawlike +
Author
Steven R. Hill +
Authority
Linnaeus +
Base shape
truncate +  and cuneate +
Blade architecture
veined +
Blade architecture or shape
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
Blade quantity
0;1/2 +
Blade shape
3-lobed +  and ovate +
Bract presence
absent +
Bractlet atypical quantity
9 (12) +
Bractlet duration
persistent +
Bractlet fusion
connate +
Bractlet orientation
erect +
Bractlet quantity
8;12 +
Bractlet some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
Calyx lobe orientation
incurved +
Calyx lobe size
accrescent +
Calyx shape
5-lobed +, campanulate +  and not inflated +
Calyx size
accrescent +
Calyx some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Carpel dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Cell quantity
2;3;5 +
Common name
Marshmallow +  and guimauve officinale +
Corolla coloration
pink +  and lilac-purple or bluish +
Corolla shape
rotate +  and wide-campanulate +
Cotyledon architecture or shape
folded +
Distal leaf atypical length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Distal leaf length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Distal leaf shape
deltate-ovate;ovate +
Distal leaf width
2cm;7cm +
Distribution
N.B. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Nebr. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, Va. +, Wis. +, Eurasia +  and n Africa +
Dorsal surface pubescence
stellate-tomentose +
Elevation
0–200 m +
Endosperm quantity
sparse;copious +
Filament fusion
connate +
Flower architecture
2-4-flowered +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement
aggregated +  and fascicles +
Flower arrangement or density
concentrated +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Fruit diameter
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Fruit prominence
concealed +
Gynoecium architecture
syncarpous +
Habitat
Wet, disturbed areas, along streams, brackish sand, coastal marshes +
Hair architecture
simple +
Hair arrangement or shape
stellate +
Hair coating
not viscid +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Linny Heagy +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Inner bark texture
tough-fibrous +
Introduced
true +
Involucel atypical quantity
5 (8) +
Involucel duration
deciduous +
Involucel fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Involucel presence
absent +
Involucel quantity
5 +
Lateral surface architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Lateral surface texture
membranous +
Leaf architecture
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +  and alternate +
Leaf arrangement or course
spiral +
Leaf position
cauline +
Lobe fusion
connate +
Lobe length
2 times as long as tube (2mm) +
Lobe pubescence
stellate-velutinous +  and stellate-tomentose +
Lobe shape
ovate-acuminate +, broadly acute +  and obtuse +
Lobe some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
Lobe width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Margin architecture or shape
irregularly dentate +  and crenate-serrate +
Margin shape
crenate +
Mericarp architecture
unwinged +
Mericarp atypical quantity
20 (24) +
Mericarp coloration
brown +
Mericarp length
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Mericarp quantity
15;20 +
Mericarp relief
Rugose (?) +
Mericarp shape
orbiculate-reniform +
Mericarp width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Middle lobe architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation
plicate +
Middle lobe size
larger +
Nectaries glandular-hair presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
3-40-carpellate +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule quantity
(1-)2-many +
Peduncle some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Petal architecture or shape
asymmetric +
Petal coloration
white;pale-pink +
Petal fusion
adnate +  and distinct +
Petal length
2-3 times as long as calyx;7.5mm;15mm +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal shape
cuneate-obovate +
Petal width
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (?) +
Petiole height or length or size
usually shorter +
Petiole size
reduced +
Petiole some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering summer–fall. +
Primary-vein architecture
palmate +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +
Publication year
1753 +
Reference
None +
Rib prominence
prominent +
Seed coloration
brown +
Seed length
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Seed pubescence
glabrous +
Seed quantity
1 +
Seed relief
rugulose +
Seed shape
reniform-round +
Seed width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Segment architecture or shape
folliclelike +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Source xml
https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6 416.xml +
Special status
Illustrated +  and Introduced +
Species architecture
sessile +  and subsessile +
Stamen atypical quantity
100 (1500) +
Stamen quantity
5;many +
Staminal column fusion
connate +
Staminal column life cycle
falling +
Staminal column pubescence
papillose-hairy +  and glabrous +
Staminal column shape
toothed +
Staminal column some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Staminode presence
absent +
Staminode quantity
5 +
Stem architecture
unbranched +  and branched +
Stem arrangement or growth form
clustered +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
stellate-tomentose +
Stigma architecture or shape
truncate +
Stigma shape
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
Stigma size or quantity
1-2 times number of carpels +
Stipule architecture
simple +
Stipule atypical some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Stipule duration
caducous +  and persistent +
Stipule pubescence
stellate-hairy +
Stipule shape
dentate +, 2-fid +  and subulate +
Stipule some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Style architecture
15-20-branched +
Style quantity
1 +
Surface pubescence
stellate-tomentose +
Synonyms
Althaea sublobata +, A. taurinensis +  and Malva officinalis +
Taxon family
Malvaceae +
Taxon name
Althaea officinalis +
Taxon parent
Althaea +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 6 +
Whole organism coating
mucilaginous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism orientation
erect +
Whole organism pubescence
hairy +
Whole organism reproduction
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +
Whole organism some measurement
0m (1.5m) +
X chromosome quantity
21 +