Mallow verticillata

Malva verticillata, or Chinese mallow (scientific name: Malva verticillata) is a large annual or biennial wildflower in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Pakistan to China. It was introduced to Japan in ancient times and cultivated for medicinal purposes and as a vegetable. Today, it is rarely cultivated and some parts of it are wild. The plant grows erect with a height of 60-170 cm. The leaves have petioles and are palmately lobed with 5 to 7 shallow lobes. The flowers are small, 1-2 cm in diameter, five-petaled, white, pink or red, and bloom clustered in leaf axils from April to June. The flowers have three narrow sepals. The seedlings produced after the flowers are used to make a herbal medicine called "toki shi" (冬葵子).
It is similar to the variant "okanori," but the lobes of the okanori are more rounded.

Common name: Malva verticillata, scientific name: Malva verticillata, English name: Chinese mallow, cluster mallow, Origin: China, Life cycle: annual to biennial, H: 60 to Flowering season: April to September, Flower diameter: 1-2 cm, Number of petals: 5, Number of stamens: 13 or more, Fruiting season: August to October, Use: ornamental plant, in China leaves are boiled as vegetable, seeds are used in herbal medicine "Dong Wai Zi", Notes: Flowering season: April to September, Flowering temperature: 40-70℃, Leaf shape: palmate with 5-7 shallow lobes, Leaf margin: serrated, Inflorescence: alternate, Flower color: white, pink, red Note: Insect-pollinated.

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