Malva cretica explained

Malva cretica is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to Tunisia, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Italy, Albania, Greece, the eastern Aegean Islands, Crete, Cyprus, and Turkey, and introduced to France.^[1] There may be a subspecies, Malva cretica subsp. althaeoides, present in Spain.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malva cretica Cav. . . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 15 June 2021 .
2. Taxonomic investigations on Malva cretica s.l. (Malvaceae) . 2020 . Del Guacchio . Emanuele . Vallariello . Roberta . Iamonico . Duilio . Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid . 77 . 095 . 10.3989/ajbm.2539 . 225214394 .