OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malva sylvestris   FAMILY Malvaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malva sylvestris   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Malva sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Malva sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-01-001:

Malva sylvestris   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Malva sylvestris

 

COMMON NAME:
High Mallow, Common Mallow, Cheeses


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image of Malva sylvestris, High Mallow, Common Mallow, Cheeses

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_masy_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malva sylvestris   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malva sylvestris   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malva sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Malva sylvestris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-01-001:
Malva sylvestris   FAMILY Malvaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malva sylvestris

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3277

Forb
Annual? Biennial? Perennial?

Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, barnyards, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink with darker veins
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united at base
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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