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Abutilon parvulum is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names dwarf Indian mallow and dwarf abutilon and native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [2] [3] This is a perennial herb growing from a woody root and producing a multibranched stem to a maximum height near 40 centimetres (16 in).
Sidalcea malviflora is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, known by the common names dwarf checkerbloom, [1] Greek mallow, [2] prairie mallow [3] and dwarf checkermallow. Distribution [ edit ]
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 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.
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.
Malva pusilla, also known as Malva rotundifolia (the latter of which is now officially rejected by botanists) [citation needed], the low mallow, [1] small mallow, [2] or the round-leaved mallow, is an annual and biennial herb species of the Mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae. Malva is a genus that consists of about 30 species of plants.
The world's smallest fish depends on the measurement used. [1]Based on minimum standard length at maturity the main contenders are Paedocypris progenetica where females can reach it at 7.9 mm (0.31 in), [2] [3] [4] the stout infantfish (Schindleria brevipinguis) where females reach it at 7 mm (0.28 in) and males at 6.5 mm (0.26 in), [1] and Photocorynus spiniceps where males can reach it at 6. ...
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'.