Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malvales > Malvaceae > Malva > Malva parvifloraMalva parviflora (cheeseweed mallow; cheeseweed; small-whorl mallow)Synonyms: Althaea mareotica; Althaea microcarpa; Althaea parviflora (homotypic); Malva bivoniana; Malva coronata; Malva cristata; Malva flexuosa (heterotypic); Malva heterocarpa; Malva juvenalis (heterotypic); Malva mareotica (homotypic); Malva microcalyx (homotypic); Malva microcarpa; Malva musiana; Malva parviflora cristata; Malva parviflora microcarpa; Malva parviflora var. coronata; Malva parviflora var. cristata; Malva parviflora var. flexuosa; Malva parviflora var. microcarpa; Malva parviflora var. parviflora; Malva parviflora var. trichocarpa; Malva polycarpa; Malva rotundifolia parviflora; Malva simpliciuscula; Malva trionoides Malva parviflora is an annual or perennial herb that is native to Northern Africa, Europe and Asia and is widely naturalised elsewhere. Common names include cheeseweed, cheeseweed mallow, Egyptian mallow, least mallow, little mallow, mallow, marshmallow, small-flowered mallow, small-flowered marshmallow and smallflower mallow.M. parviflora leaf extracts possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities.It has a decumbent or erect habit, growing to 50 cm in height. The broad leaves have 5 to 7 lobes and are 8 to 10 cm in diameter. It has small white or pink flowers with 4 to 6 mm long petals. |
| Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | | Hazards [1] | Although we have seen no reports of toxicity for this species, when grown on nitrogen rich soils (and particularly when these are cultivated inorganically), the leaves of some species tend to concentrate high levels of nitrates in their leaves; The leaves are perfectly wholesome at all other times. | | Lifespan [1] | Annual | | Pollinators [1] | Insects, Lepidoptera | | Structure [2] | Herb | | Usage [1] | The seed contains up to 18% of a fatty oil; No more details are given, though the oil is likely to be edible;
Cream, yellow and green dyes can be obtained from the plant and the seed heads;
A decoction of the roots or leaves has been used as a hair rinse to soften the hair; |  | | Height [1] | 20 inches (0.5 m) |
View Plants For A Future Record : Malva parviflora |
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Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve |
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Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
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36286 |
Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Death Valley National Park |
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762125 |
California, Nevada, United States |
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El Rey National Park |
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110298 |
Salta, Argentina |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Farallon National Wildlife Refuge |
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352 |
California, United States |
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Flinders Chase National Park |
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81245 |
South Australia, Australia |
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Grand Canyon National Park |
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1210128 |
Arizona, United States |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mburucuyá National Park |
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Corrientes, Argentina |
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Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve |
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5901 |
California, United States |
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Norfolk Island National Park |
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1723 |
Australian external territories, Australia |
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Organ Pipe Cactus Biosphere Reserve |
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327376 |
Arizona, United States |
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Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park |
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Italy |
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Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center |
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6101 |
California, United States |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area Wildlife Refuge |
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California, United States |
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Wyperfeld National Park |
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890865 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 6Predicting seasonal diet in the yellow-bellied marmot: success and failure for the linear programming model, G.P. Edwards, Oecologia (1997) 112:320-330 ♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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