Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malva neglecta
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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Read more about Common Mallow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malva neglecta
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malva neglecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Malva neglecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-01-002:
Malva neglecta FAMILY Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NAME REJECTED BECAUSE OF UNCERTAIN APPLICATION) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malva rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Common Mallow, Cheeses
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_263
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malva neglecta
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malva neglecta
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malva neglecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Malva neglecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-01-002:
Malva neglecta
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NAME REJECTED BECAUSE OF UNCERTAIN APPLICATION)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malva rotundifolia
3278
Forb
Annual, winter annual, or rarely a short-lived perennial
Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, barnyards, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale pink or purplish
(rarely white)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p360
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p092
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p096
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