Malva neglecta
Ecology
An annual which sometimes overwinters, occurring in waste places, gateways, paths, rough ground and on roadsides (often near habitation), occasionally on coastal drift-lines. It favours shallow, dry soils, and is tolerant of grazing and mowing, but not of competition with more vigorous species. Lowland.
Status
Trends
M. neglecta was present in Britain in Roman times. It is often casual in N. England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. It was mapped as `all records` in the 1962 Atlas. Analysis of the database reveals that most of the losses have occurred since 1950, and it is probably declining in the west and north of its range.
World Distribution
As an archaeophyte M. neglecta has a European Temperate distribution; it is widely naturalised outside this range.
Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 4
Reaction (Ellenberg): 8
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 7
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.8
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.7
Annual Precipitation (mm): 781
Height (cm): 60
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1196
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 70
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 14
Atlas Change Index: -0.22
Weighted Changed Factor: 41
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (88c)
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.