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Mallow was an edible vegetable among the Romans; a dish of marsh mallow was one of their delicacies. Prospero Alpini stated in 1592 that a plant of the mallow kind was eaten by the Egyptians. Many of the poorer inhabitants of Syria subsisted for weeks on herbs, of which marshmallow is one of the most common.
Althaea is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It includes Althaea officinalis, also known as the marshmallow plant, whence the fluffy confection got its name. They are found on the banks of rivers and in salt marshes, preferring moist, sandy soils.
Mallow was described, with its many virtues and properties, by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia (20, LXXXIV). [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The species name "parviflora" means "of small flowers" and is a compound that comes from Latin parvum, -i , "small" (which in turn comes from Greek παύρος ), and flora , from flos, -ris , "flower".
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Malva setigera, [2] also known as Althaea hirsuta, [3] the rough marsh-mallow, hairy marsh-mallow, hispid marsh-mallow or hairy mallow, is a species of annual herb in the family Malvaceae. It has a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 28 cm (11 in). [1] [4]
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A Brooklyn homeless shelter employee was brutally stabbed to death on the premises of a hotel converted to house the homeless, in the Brownsville neighborhood.
More often, the latter terms refer to members of the genus Sphaeralcea, which belong, like Iliamna, to the "typical" mallow tribe of the mallow and hibiscus subfamily Malvoideae. The name of the genus, proposed by Edward Lee Greene , appears to be a reference to Iliamna Lake in Alaska , even though the genus Iliamna does not occur in Alaska [ 1 ]