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Pronunciation: MAL-va soo-doe-la-va-TEER-a
Common name: Cretan mallow
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
Habitat: Occasionally naturalized along coast of Santa Barbara and in Ventura Co., Santa Rosa and Anacapa Islands, native to Mediterranean area
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Malva 2) pseudolavatera
Formerly Lavatera cretica