Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Garden Tree Mallow is quite distinctive because of the three lobed leaves - see later. Also the flower the lines are simply a darker pink than the petals - Common Mallow instead has them much darker and is usually more mauve in colouor.

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Garden Tree Mallow is quite distinctive because of the three lobed leaves - see later. Also the flower the lines are simply a darker pink than the petals - Common Mallow instead has them much darker and is usually more mauve in colouor. Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Tends to have a more dense array of flowers than Common Mallow.

Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Tends to have a more dense array of flowers than Common Mallow.

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Tends to have a more dense array of flowers than Common Mallow. Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. The leaves are more grey-green than Common Mallow, and the upper ones, unlike Common Mallow, are unlobed.

Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. The leaves are more grey-green than Common Mallow, and the upper ones, unlike Common Mallow, are unlobed.

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. The leaves are more grey-green than Common Mallow, and the upper ones, unlike Common Mallow, are unlobed. Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Stamens and their anthers all radiating from the central tube. Not visible is the style and the stigma which, when developed, split into numerous segments which splay out from the top of the style. The stamens are reddish rather than the pale rather translucent mauve of Common Mallow.

Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Stamens and their anthers all radiating from the central tube. Not visible is the style and the stigma which, when developed, split into numerous segments which splay out from the top of the style. The stamens are reddish rather than the pale rather translucent mauve of Common Mallow.

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Stamens and their anthers all radiating from the central tube. Not visible is the style and the stigma which, when developed, split into numerous segments which splay out from the top of the style. The stamens are reddish rather than the pale rather translucent mauve of Common Mallow. Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Young buds in a dense cluster - Common Mallow instead has them more widely spaced.

Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Young buds in a dense cluster - Common Mallow instead has them more widely spaced.

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Young buds in a dense cluster - Common Mallow instead has them more widely spaced. Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. This is the real differentiator from Common Mallow - Garden Tree Mallow has these unlobed upper leaves. They are glaucous looking here as they are quite furry-hairy (and the hairs are said to be star-shaped).

Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. This is the real differentiator from Common Mallow - Garden Tree Mallow has these unlobed upper leaves. They are glaucous looking here as they are quite furry-hairy (and the hairs are said to be star-shaped).

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. This is the real differentiator from Common Mallow - Garden Tree Mallow has these unlobed upper leaves. They are glaucous looking here as they are quite furry-hairy (and the hairs are said to be star-shaped). Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Mid-stem leaf.

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Mid-stem leaf. Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Lower stem leaf - three lobed. Common Mallow instead has at least five lobes..

Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Lower stem leaf - three lobed. Common Mallow instead has at least five lobes..

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex. Lower stem leaf - three lobed. Common Mallow instead has at least five lobes.. Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex.

Garden Tree Mallow (Malva x clementii)(03/07/2022) Footpath beside Shepherd & Dog pub leading to fields, Fulking, W Sussex.