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21-09-2008, 12:00 PM
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sorry to be a pest, last one from Donegal - any ideas?
Possible garden escape of course. About 4ft high, in a dense group right next to the sea. Sorry for pic quality.
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21-09-2008, 12:05 PM
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 Marsh-mallow, Althaea officionalis |
21-09-2008, 12:12 PM
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I am thinking musk mallow. do you have any photos of the leaves? how high was the plant? Marsh mallow is quite uncommon and grows only on the south coast. musk mallow is quite variable in its shades of pink and white |
21-09-2008, 12:14 PM
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I could kick myself! Thanks again, spot on ID.
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21-09-2008, 12:27 PM
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Marsh mallow is quite uncommon and grows only on the south coast
| Agreed its not that common, but its distribution is not confined to the south coast of England......see BSBI map, link below: Distribution Map |
21-09-2008, 12:28 PM
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Hi KT, about 4ft high, obviously a mallow, but this is way up in north west Ireland, so I take your point - BUT we are talking gulfstream warming up there!
slightly hairy stem, leaves longish, not deeply cut like a musk would, so I still favour marsh.
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21-09-2008, 01:39 PM
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Does look like Marsh to me.
The ovary/stigma/style seems a bit more pronounced, and at 4ft. high would be on the tall side for Musk.
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21-09-2008, 04:46 PM
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from your description I would go for marsh mallow then. musk mallow is quite smaller than marsh |
21-09-2008, 09:46 PM
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Looks like Marsh Mallow to me with pale pink flowers and soft green leaves.
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22-09-2008, 08:38 AM
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Feel the leaves - marsh mallow look hard and horrible, but
are in fact soft, velvety and downy. Quite unlike musk mallow.
Boiling the roots used to give the original fiarground marsh mallow
in victorian days. And French babies chewed the roots like
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