. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 4. Malva moschata L. Mallow. Alusk- plant. Musk. Fig. 2851. Malva moschata L. Sp. PI. 690. 1753. Perennial, erect, i°-2° high, branching, pubescent with long hairs, or glabrate. Basal leaves orbicular, 3-4' wide, with 5-9 short broad rounded dentate lobes; stem-leaves deeply divided into linear or cuneate, pin- natifid or cleft segments; flowers iJ'-2' broad, pink or w
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 4. Malva moschata L. Mallow. Alusk- plant. Musk. Fig. 2851. Malva moschata L. Sp. PI. 690. 1753. Perennial, erect, i°-2° high, branching, pubescent with long hairs, or glabrate. Basal leaves orbicular, 3-4' wide, with 5-9 short broad rounded dentate lobes; stem-leaves deeply divided into linear or cuneate, pin- natifid or cleft segments; flowers iJ'-2' broad, pink or white, racemosely clustered at the summits of the stem and branches; petals obcordate or emarginate. 5-8 times as long as the triangular-ovate acute calyx-lobes; car- pels 15-20, densely hairy, rounded on the back. In waste places and along roadsides. Nova Scotia to On- tario. British Columbia, New Jersey, Virginia, Wisconsin and Oregon. Naturalized from Europe. Plant with a faint odor of musk. Summer.
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