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Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.

A mallow plant (Abutilon sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.

A mallow plant (Abutilon incanum): flowering and fruiting stems. Chromolithograph by Leighton Brothers, c. 1887, after I. Sinclair.

A flowering marsh mallow plant (Althaea rosa). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Sida (Sida umbellata L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Common mallow (Malva sylvestris): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

A flowering mallow plant (Malva purpurea). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

A mallow plant (Malva species): flowering stem. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

A carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and hollyhock (Alcea rosea): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Lavatera triloba: flowering stem with separate sections of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): flowering shoot. Coloured line engraving.

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Tree mallow (Lavatera arborea L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant, possibly of the Malvaceae family: flowering stem with blue flowers. Watercolour.

A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.

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Malvaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Malvaceae

Works from the collections

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.

Tree mallow (Lavatera arborea L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant, possibly of the Malvaceae family: flowering stem with blue flowers. Watercolour.

A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.

Malvaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Malvaceae

Works from the collections

A coal tit on the flowering branch of an Hibiscus plant. Watercolour.

Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.

Tree mallow (Lavatera arborea L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant, possibly of the Malvaceae family: flowering stem with blue flowers. Watercolour.

A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.

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