Malva weinmanniana (Rchb.) Conran

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 30-145 mm long, 10-70 mm wide, tripartitely lobed or irregularly lobed, simply (once-)lobed; margins serrate; hairy, with stellate hairs, with gland-tipped hairs absentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 10-25 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 5-10 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 2.5-4 mm long, the lobes fused half or more of their length, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, 6-7 mm long, the lobes fused half or more of their length or fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla pink or purple, 17-25 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 0.5-1.8 mm long; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); styles several, free and separate, arising from the summit of the ovary, 8-10 mm long, with five style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit, accrescent or not accrescent; carpels 11; seeds per loculus 1. Flowering time February, April, August, September, October or December. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Murchison, Coolgardie, Nullarbor, Hamton, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee and Esperance.