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Malva sylvestris Cheeseweed, Behbahan, Iran. 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.
Sphaeralcea coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet globemallow, [1] scarlet mallow, cowboy's delight, prairie mallow, red false mallow, or simply as globe mallow [2] is a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves.
The genus name Malva is from the Latin [9] word malva 'mallow'. [10] Mallow was described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia (20, LXXXIV). [11] The species name parviflora means 'small-flowered' and is a compound of the Latin words parvus 'small' and flores 'flowers'. [12]
The red flowers remain on plants for several days before they abort. [6] Weight of a single detached flower was 15.6 g (0.55 oz) when white, 12.7 g (0.45 oz) when pink and 11.0 g (0.39 oz) when red. Anthocyanin content of red flowers was three times
The epithet acetosella is of Latin origin and is a diminutive of the Latin name for sorrel which comes from the sour taste experienced when eating the young leaves of both plants. [1] Hibiscus acetosella is also known colloquially as false roselle, maroon mallow, red leaved hibiscus, and red shield hibiscus. [2]
Abutilon theophrasti, also known as velvetleaf, velvet plant, velvetweed and the Chinese jute [2] is an annual plant in the family Malvaceae that is native to southern Asia and it serves as a type species of the genus Abutilon. [3] Its specific epithet, theophrasti, commemorates the ancient Greek botanist-philosopher Theophrastus. [4]
General common names include Indian mallow [7] and velvetleaf; [8] ornamental varieties may be known as room maple, parlor maple, or flowering maple. The genus name is an 18th-century Neo-Latin word [ 9 ] that came from the Arabic ’abū-ṭīlūn ( أبو طيلون ), [ 10 ] the name given by Avicenna to this or a similar genus.
Abutilon pictum is cultivated as a popular ornamental plant, for use in gardens in subtropical and warm temperate climates. It is also planted in containers or pots, on patios and balconies outdoors, or as a winter house plant. [4] The plant can grow in light shade or full sun, and is frost tender, not tolerating temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F).