Much like no. 1 [Malva moschata L.]; stem distinctly stellate-hairy; primary segments of the upper lvs merely shallowly lobed or coarsely toothed above the middle; bractlets oblong to ovate or obovate, densely stellate on the back, as also the cal; mature carpels glabrous or sparsely pubescent, keeled on the back; 2n=84. Native of Europe, occasionally escaped from cult., especially in ne. U.S. June-Sept.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.