Английская Википедия:Althaea cannabina

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Althaea cannabina, commonly called palm-leaf marshmallow or hemp-leaved hollyhock, is a perennial herb belonging to the genus Althaea of the family Malvaceae. The leaves resemble those of hemp (Cannabis sativa), hence the specific epithet cannabina ("hemp-like").[1]

Description

Althaea cannabina reaches on average Шаблон:Convert of height. The stem is erect, cylindrical, pubescent and very branched. Lower leaves are petiolate, hairy and almost completely subdivided in three-five segments, linear or linear-lanceolate, toothed or lobed, up to Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert long. The upper leaves are simply lobed and toothed. The flowers are solitary or in clusters and grow in the axils of the leaves, on long pedicels up to Шаблон:Convert or on long peduncles up to Шаблон:Convert. They are usually pink or reddish-purple and heart-shaped, Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert long, with purple-red stamens. The flowering period extends from July through September.

Distribution

Althaea cannabina grows wild in central and southern Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin, from Portugal, north Africa and east to Turkey - except Balearic Islands, Corsica, Crete and Chipre - up to central Asia.[2]

Habitat

These plants grow at an altitude of Шаблон:Convert above sea level. They prefer coastal thickets, forest edges, meadows, weedy places, roads, wasteland, pastures and parks, especially with rocky and calcareous soils.

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  1. Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. O. Bolòs i J.Vigo Flora dels Països Catalans Barcelona 1990