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Malva neglecta is a species of plant of the family Malvaceae, native to most of the Old World except sub-Saharan Africa.It is an annual growing to 0.6 m (2 ft). It is known as common mallow in the United States and also as buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow, and roundleaf mallow. [2]
Malva is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow . The genus is widespread throughout the temperate , subtropical and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe.
Malvoideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, which includes in the minimum the genus Malva.It was first used by Burnett in 1835, but was not much used until recently, where, within the framework of the APG System, which unites the families Malvaceae, Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae of the Cronquist system, the aggregate family Malvaceae is divided into 9 subfamilies ...
Step 5: Continue to Care for Your Plants After repotting, move your seedlings back to their sunny indoor location or under their grow lights . Water them regularly to keep the soil moist.
Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva, of which it the type species.Known as common mallow to English-speaking Europeans, [3] it acquired the common names of cheeses, high mallow and tall mallow (mauve des bois by the French) [4] as it migrated from its native home in Western Europe, North Africa and Asia through the English-speaking world.
Malva parviflora is an annual or perennial herb that is native to Northern Africa, Southern Europe, and Western and Central Asia and is widely naturalized elsewhere. [2] Common names include cheeseweed , [ 2 ] cheeseweed mallow , Egyptian mallow , [ 2 ] least mallow , [ 3 ] little mallow , [ 2 ] mallow , [ 4 ] marshmallow , [ 4 ] small-flowered ...
Common mallow is a common name used for a number of different species of Malva: Malva sylvestris is the common mallow in Europe and North Africa; Malva neglecta is the common mallow in the United States; Malva preissiana is a "common mallow" in Australia and New Zealand
The generic name is derived from the Latin words malva, meaning "mallow," and viscus, which means "sticky," referring to the mucilaginous sap produced by members of the genus. [3] The fruit can be used to make jelly or syrup. Both the fruit and flowers are used to make herbal teas. [4]