Wild Flower in Balcarrick, Donabate - What is it?

golfwallah

Can anyone identify this wild plant? It is quite common around Balcarrick near Donabate and flowers during Summer (growing to about 3 / 4 feet high). This photo was taken 13/06/2013 on the pathway through Corballis golf course to Balcarrick beach:

Velvet shank

certainly a Mallow.... Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) I think

golfwallah

Velvet shank wrote: »

certainly a Mallow.... Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) I think

Thanks for the lead - looked it up on Google - flowers and foliage look a lot more like a Tree Mallow:
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/301a.html

Googled "common mallow" and found info on a plant with white flowers - interesting that this plant was used to make marshmallows, although link below points to this plant being found in the USA:
http://www.slashfood.com/2008/09/05/wild-edibles-common-mallow/

Googled "common mallow Ireland" and found following llnk to the purple flowered common mallow that is sometimes confused with the tree mallow:
http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=158&wildflower=Mallow%20Common

You live and learn!

Velvet shank

yes! good call...definitely tree mallow

Desmo

Tree Mallow grew around Donabate and Portrane, when I was a kid (last century). It is not very common generally but that is one good area for them.