Malva thuringiaca (previously known as Lavatera thuringiaca), the garden tree-mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from southern Germany south to Italy, and east to southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey.

[1][2] It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.8 m tall.

The flowers are pink, 3–6 cm diameter, with five petals; they are produced throughout the summer.

[1][3][4][5] There are two subspecies:[1][2] Most of the popular shrubby garden cultivars traditionally listed under this species are actually hybrids between it and Malva olbia; these hybrids are now named Malva × clementii.

[1] The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-[6]