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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on Nov. 5 2009)

Common mallow (High mallow)
Malva sylvestris L. [Malvaceae]

Malva sylvestris L. var. mauritiana Boiss. (Zeni-aoi, ゼニアオイ, 銭葵)

Lifeform: annual in North Africa, biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere
Origin: native to Europe (exotic to Japan)
Habitat: roadsides, grassland, etc.


Malva sylvestris L.

M. sylvestris L. (ウスベニアオイ)

- var. mauritiana Boiss. (ゼニアオイ)

= Cultivar Group Malva sylvestris Mauritiana Group


Malva sylvestris in Hokkaido

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[Left] patches on a pedestrian road. [Center] a shoot. [Rgiht] close-up of flower. At N19/E4, East Ward, Sapporo, on November 6 2009


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