Mallow?

 Is this some kind of mallow?
http://i51.tinypic.com/mlid52.jpg
Its a bit over a foot high, I'd like to check on edibiility basically.

thanks, NT

 In message

Yes. It may be no more than the common Malva sylvestris, but the
photograph doesn't show the details (shape and fusion of epicalyx
segments, and pattern of veining of petals) which are best for
identifying the species.


Stewart Robert Hinsley

 On Oct 11, 3:56 pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley

Thanks Stewart.  I'll get another pic when next there.


NT

 NT wrote:

These things infest the grass areas of the Military Canal in Hythe (So maybe
it's a Romney Marsh Mallow then?) & can indeed exeed a foot high! On my
first day working there I strimmed 'round them admiring the purple
flowers...  But it's so succesful that it out does the grass especially when
it's dry. I guess their roots go much deeper,  but it is quite a problem in
the wrong place!

L

 writes

By the books, Malva sylvestris can reach 3, 4 or 5 feet in height, but
there was a 10 footer by the canal a couple of miles away. (It's not
there any more - mallows are short-lived, but I don't suppose the
strimming helped.) A bit over a foot high is on the small size for that
species.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley