Now local. Also 9 wymote, wimot(e. [Unexplained var. of WYMALVE.] The marsh-mallow, Althea officinalis.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, Suppl., Wymot is Ibiscus.
1665. Lovell, Herball (ed. 2), 479. Wymot, see Marsh mallow.
1796. Withering, Brit. Pl. (ed. 3), III. 612. Marsh Mallow. Wymote. [Found in] salt marshes and banks of rivers.
1821. S. F. Gray, Brit. Plants, II. 639. Althæa officinalis. Shop marsh-mallow…. Wymote.
1879. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., 482. Wimote,… common Marsh Mallow.
