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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mallows, Rock Roses, and Allies
  6. Mallow Family
  7. Malveae
  8. Mallows

genus

Mallows

Malva

Traits
Includes
2 native 11 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Common Mallow introduced
  • Dwarf Mallow introduced
  • Musk Mallow introduced
  • Cheeseweed Mallow introduced
  • Cretan Mallow introduced
  • Tree Mallow introduced
  • Eastern Tree-mallow present
  • Island Mallow native
  • Greater Musk-mallow introduced
  • Small Mallow native
  • Royal Mallow introduced
  • Sea Mallow present
  • Bull Mallow introduced
  • Whorled Mallow present
  • Common Mallow
  • Malva tournefortiana
  • Tree Lavatera present
  • Spotted-stalked Tree-mallow
  • Malva excisa
  • Cretan Hollyhock
  • San Benito Island Mallow
  • Malva occidentalis
  • Malva assurgentiflora × Malva pacifica

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native mallows All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Small Mallow Malva pusilla caterpillars 19 hosts 2 food 13 flowers 66
  • Island Mallow Malva assurgentiflora caterpillars 9 food 8 flowers 20

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