Althaea cannabina L.

Hemp-leaved marsh mallow

Minimum height	50
Maximal height	100
Life form	He
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	DT
Ujvárosi's life form system	H4
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	H
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	NA

Chromosome number	28, 42
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	94
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	3.3
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	unclear (archaeophyte/neophyte?)
Introduction mode	accidental
Invasion status	naturalised species
Area type	ADV
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category	NT
Conservation value category	TZ

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	NA
EIV T	NA
EIV K	NA
EIV F	NA
EIV R	NA
EIV N	NA
EIV S	NA
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	NA
WZ-scale	NA
RZ-scale	NA
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	4
FS- scale	1-2
RS- scale	4-5
NS-scale	2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	7
WB-scale	3
RB-scale	7
NB-scale	4
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	6
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	2986.960
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	1530.433
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	375.135
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	12.038
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	0.766
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.339
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	127.133

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.