NameThatPlant.net: Malva sylvestris

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about High Mallow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

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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