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
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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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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- 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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