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Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)

Height: 60cm

Colour: Pink

Best time to see: June – August

Habitat: Hedgerows, Road Verges,

Field Edges

Flowers have 5 large, pink petals which have a

tracery of purple veins running through them.

Flowers grow in clusters at the top of the tall,

hairy stems.

The stem leaves are deeply cut into 5-7

narrow lobes. This is a key feature which

differentiates Musk Mallow from its close

relative, Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris).

How to Identify

A tall plant with pretty pink flowers, which brighten up the

edges and corners of hedges and fields.

The 'musk' in it's common name refers to the pleasant

odour produced by the flowers.

Bring your Musk Mallow plants inside and the musky

smell will get much stronger!

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Mae gan y blodau bum petal mawr pinc, sydd â

threswaith o wythiennau porffor yn rhedeg trwyddynt.

Mae'r blodau'n tyfu mewn clystyrau ar frig y coesynnau

blewog tal.

Mae gan ddail y coesyn doriadau dwfn ynddynt, sy'n

ffurfio 5-7 llabed gul. Mae hon yn nodwedd allweddol

sy'n gwahaniaethu'r hocysen fwsg oddi wrth ei

pherthynas agos, yr Hocysen (Malva sylvestris).

Sut i'w Adnabod

Teulu: Malvaceae (Hocysen)

Taldra: 60cm

Lliw: Pinc

Yr amser gorau i'w weld: Mehefin-

Awst

Cynefin: Perthi, Lleiniau Ymyl

Ffyrdd, Ymylon Caeau

Planhigyn tal gyda blodau pinc tlws, sy'n bywiogi ymylon a

chorneli perthi a chaeau.

Mae'r 'mwsg' yn ei enw yn cyfeirio at yr arogl dymunol a

ddaw o'r blodau.

Os byddwch yn dod â hocysen fwsg i mewn i'r tŷ, bydd

yr arogl mwsg yn gryfach o lawer!

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Proffil Planhigyn:

#Ymunwcha’n Tim Tyfu^ ^