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	Althaea hirsuta  L.

Fam.: Malvaceae / Mallow Fam.

Synon.:  Malva setigera  SCHIMP. & SPENN.,  Dinacrusa hirsuta  (L.) G.KREBS

Genus:  Althaea  L.,  Malva  L.,  Dinacrusa  G.KREBS

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	SCHIMP.:		Wilhelm Philipp Schimper (1808 - 1880), botanist and geologist from Alsace (today France)
	SPENN.:		Fridolin Carl Leopold Spenner (1798 - 1841), botanist at Freiburg (Germany)
	G.KREBS:		Gerald Krebs (1957 - ), German botanist

Etymology:
	Althaea:		to heal
	hirsuta:		hairy
	Malva:		Roman plant name
	setigera:		bristle-bearing
	Dinacrusa:		dine = gyration, krouein = to push

Fig. 1:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Eiersheim 31.5.2025

Fig. 2:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Eiersheim 31.5.2025

Fig. 3:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Hardheim 28.5.2022

Fig. 4:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Hardheim 28.5.2022

Fig. 5:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Hardheim 28.5.2022

Fig. 6:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Nittel 30.5.2018

Fig. 7:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Nittel 30.5.2018

Fig. 8:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow D Nittel 30.5.2018

Fig. 9:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 10:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 11:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 12:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow I Liguria, Dolcedo 30.5.2013

Fig. 13:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow I Liguria, Dolcedo 30.5.2013

Fig. 14:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow Croatia, Donji Budački 31.5.2008

Fig. 15:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow Croatia, Učka, Vranja 4.6.2008

Fig. 16:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow Croatia, Učka, Vranja 4.6.2008

Fig. 17:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow Croatia, Učka, Vranja 4.6.2008

Fig. 18:  Althaea hirsuta / Rough Marsh Mallow Croatia, Učka, Vranja 4.6.2008

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