Stats

Lifespan: Short-lived perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Europe and SW Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Status: Common

About

Musk mallow is a pink herbaceous plant with five-petaled flowers, native to Eurasia and cultivated as an ornamental plant. The flowers have a sweet fragrance that attracts bees and other pollinators, and they are also known for their medicinal properties.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Malva
Species: Malva moschata