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The common mallow is frequently called "marsh mallow" in colloquial terms, but the true marsh mallow is distinguished from all the other mallows growing in Great Britain by the numerous divisions of the outer calyx (six to nine cleft), by the hoary down which thickly clothes the stems and foliage, and by the numerous panicles of blush-coloured ...
It is known as common mallow in the United States and also as buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow, and roundleaf mallow. [2] This plant is often consumed as a food, with its leaves, stalks and seed all being considered edible. [3] [4] [5] This is especially true of the seeds, which contain 21% protein and 15.2% fat. [6]
Pavonia praemorsa is a species of flowering shrub in the mallow family; [3] it is commonly referred to as yellow mallow, [4] and sometimes as yellow pavonia, shell flower, [5] and butter bits. [6] Its epithet , praemorsa , originates from a Latin word meaning "appearing to have been bitten off", in reference to the shape of its leaves' tips.
Malva nicaeensis is an annual or biennial herb producing a hairy, upright stem up to 60 centimetres (24 in) long. [3] The leaves are up to 12 cm (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide and have several slight lobes along the edges. Flowers appear in the leaf axils, each with pinkish to light purple petals around 1 cm (1 ⁄ 2 in) long. The disc-shaped fruit has ...
Grewia asiatica, commonly known as phalsa [3] or falsa, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae. [4] [5] Grewia celtidifolia was initially considered a mere variety of phalsa, but is now recognized as a distinct species. It is a shrub or small tree growing to 8 m tall.
It is a shrubby annual, biennial or perennial plant growing to 0.5–2 m (rarely 3 m) tall. The leaves are orbicular, 8–18 cm diameter, palmately lobed with five to nine lobes, and a coarsely serrated margin. The flowers are 3–4 cm diameter, dark pink to purple and grow in fasciculate axillary clusters of two to seven.
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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.