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Malva moschata


Malva moschata
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Copyright: john vantighem (john1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 0 N: 85] (356)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-13
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/5.0
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-06-15 2:53
Viewed: 309
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Malva moschata (Musk-mallow[1]) is a species of Malva native to Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to the British Isles and Poland, and east to southern Russia and Turkey.[2][3][4][5]

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 80 cm tall, with hairy stems and foliage. The leaves are alternate, 2-8 cm long and 2-8 cm broad, palmately lobed with five to seven lobes; basal leaves on the lower stem are very shallowly lobed, those higher on the stems are deeply divided, with narrow, acuminate lobes. The flowers are produced in clusters in the leaf axils, each flower 3.2–5 cm diameter, with five bright pink petals with a truncated to notched apex; they have a distinctive musky odour. The fruit is a disc-shaped schizocarp 3–6 mm diameter, containing 10–16 seeds, the seeds individually enclosed in a mericarp covered in whitish hairs. It has a chromosome count of 2n=42.[4][5]
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Hy John
Could be musk mallow, Malva moschata, but I am not sure! I like this one, you focus well inside of the flower.
Oana

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  • briGG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 171 W: 2 N: 272] (1383)
  • [2009-06-15 15:04]

Bonsoir John,

belle macro de mauve!!
Belle lumière et bonnes couleurs!

Brigitte

Bonjour John,
Très belle publication bien composée dans un cadre serré qui permet d'apprécier sous une bonne lumière (et profondeur de champ) la finesse des détails et la délicatesse des couleurs.
A bientôt sur TN pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

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