Mallow

Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana

March 22'nd Birth Flower

Location: Copilot
Location: Kiba Park
Location: Kiba Park

Flower name
Mallow
Scientific name
Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana
Alias銭紅葵, コモンマロウ, アオイ, Common mallow, Mallow
Place of originEurope
Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Garden, Potted flower
Flowering seasonMay, June, July
Language of flowersCourage

What is Mallow

Birth flowers for Mar 22, Mar 27

March 22'nd Birth Flower is Mallow
A drop of flowers and poetry, one each day. From Kagiken's Flower Guide, we deliver words that bloom softly in your heart.
Aqua (Waterdrop Poetry, Illustration),Editing & Translation: Mizuho @Kagiken

Mallow
Mallow
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

💧Mallow Droplet Poem: “A Promise in the Wind”

by Aqua

That day, as I stood with my head bowed,
you gave me a mallow flower.

“You see, this flower,”
“blooms while looking up at the sky,” you said,
smiling.

Seeing how it bloomed so upright,
even as the wind swayed it,
I was able to look forward just a little

Even now, when I feel lost,
I remember that flower

No matter how the wind blows or the rain falls,
just like a flower that never forgets the sky,
I feel like I can keep walking too

🌿💜 Illustration Concept
A hollyhock swaying in the wind, and a small shadow looking up at it.
A gradient of light,
as if the color of the sky were gradually brightening…☀️💜

💧Aqua’s Afterword
Hollyhocks—
the way they bloom, pointing straight toward the sky,
is just like they’re saying, “It’s okay, look ahead.”B

Hollyhock, Mallow, or Zeni-aoi

Hollyhock, Mallow, Mauritiana or Zeni-aoi (scientific name: Malva mauritiana or Malva sylvestris var. Mauritiana) is a perennial species of the family Malvaceae native to the Mediterranean. This plant is high and from early summer to summer, the vertical pattern at the center makes flower of deep red purple bloom. It is a naturalized plant that escaped what it came for ornament in the Edo period from Japan to China via Europe from China, it is a wild grass inhabited in urban areas south of Honshu. The basic species is Sylvestris (Usubeni-aoi , scientific name: Malva sylvestris), and common marrow is considered a variant of it. Both species are very similar. Bothe of them, vertical stripe in the center of the petal is deep purple and English name is Common marrow. Sylvestris is considered a herb tea called marrow blue, but Mauritiana is also used for herb tea. The difference between the two is that the petals of Mauritiana are reddish purple, whereas Sylvestris is white to thin peach. Sylvestris has a deep slit in palm shape and hairs on the stem. On the other hand,, leaves of Mauritianahave rounded even in palm shape and no stems on hair. However, in China and Europe, it seems they are not distinguished.

Generic name: Mauritiana or Zeni-aoi,
Scientific name: scientific name: Malva mauritiana or Malva sylvestris var. Mauritiana, aka: Common marrow, mallow, Zeni-aoi,
Origin: European Mediterranean origin, distribution habitat: south of central Honshu, environment: urban area,
plant height: 60 to 120 cm,
leaf shape: palm shape but not deep cut , leaf order: alternate,
flowering period: May to July, flower color: red purple, Number of petals: 5, flower size: 3 to 3.5 cm,
Remarks: Naturalized plants that got out of view for ornament.

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