marsh mallow , auch: mallow
Althaea officinalis latin

Althaea officinalis, a plant known as the "marshmallow", with which the confection was originally made

The larvae feed on Althaea officinalis.

It includes Althaea officinalis, also known as the marshmallow plant, whence the fluffy confection got its name.

"Marsh mallow or Althaea officinalis is a pink-flowering plant that grows in marshy places.

Althaea officinalis, a mallow species

Althaea officinalis (I)

Althaea officinalis, a mallow flower found in marshes, therefore marsh mallow

This confection is the modern version of a medicinal confection made from Althaea officinalis, the marshmallow plant.

Botanical.com: Mallows including Althaea officinalis

Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis)

Plants For A Future: Althaea officinalis

Health World: Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)

Connecticut Botanical Society: Althaea officinalis

The marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis ) and English mace (Achillea decolorans ) will also take moist soil.

Botanical interest includes the rare marsh sow-thistle (Sonchus palustris) and marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis).

King's American Dispensatory: Althaea officinalis (Marshmallow)

USDA Plants profile: Althaea officinalis

Is the althaea officinalis a living being, and does it have the properties which Pedanius Dioscorides and Galen ascribe to it?

Althaea officinalis (marshmallow, marsh mallow, or common marshmallow) is a species indigenous to Africa, which is used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant.

The generic name is derived from the Greek word ἱβίσκος (hibískos), which was the name Pedanius Dioscorides (ca. 40-90) gave to Althaea officinalis.

Pyridine is not abundant in nature, except for the leaves and roots of belladonna (Atropa belladonna) and in marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).

Marshmallow probably came first into being as a medicinal substance, since the mucilaginous extracts come from the root of the marshmallow plant, Althaea officinalis, which were used as a remedy for sore throats.

Traditionally marshmallows were made from the extract of the mucilaginous root of the marshmallow plant (Althaea officinalis); due to the demulcent nature of the extract, it served as a cough suppressant.

The fleshy white tapered root of the perennial herb marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) was the original source of the thick paste used to make those squishy treats; they are now usually made of such ingredients as sugar, starch, corn syrup and gelatin.

In 1931 Maud Grieve wrote that the "use of this species of Mallow has been much superseded by Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis), which possesses its valuable properties in a superior degree, but it is still a favourite remedy with country people where Marsh Mallow is not obtainable."