''Malva cretica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
, native to Tunisia, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Italy, Albania, Greece, the eastern Aegean Islands, Crete, Cyprus, and Turkey, and introduced to France.
There may be a subspecies, ''Malva cretica'' subsp. ''althaeoides'', present in Spain.
References
cretica
Flora of Corsica
Flora of Sardinia
Flora of Albania
Flora of Crete
Flora of Greece
Flora of Italy
Flora of Sicily
Flora of Cyprus
Flora of the East Aegean Islands
Flora of Turkey
Plants described in 1786
Flora of Malta
Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles
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