General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 18 to 24 inches
Plant Spread: 18 to 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Common Mallow
  • Cheeses
  • Cheeseweed
  • Running Mallow
  • Round Dock
  • Umbrella Mallow
  • Dwarf Mallow
  • Round-Leaved Mallow

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-07-24
Location: My backyard
Date: 2021-07-23
Seedling
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-06-05
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: My backyard
Date: 2021-07-15
Seedling with cotyledons and emerging true leaf.
Location: On a wasteland, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-31
Location: On a wasteland, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-31
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-05-28
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2021  July
Malva neglecta    seedpods "Cheese rounds" forming
Photo by fahte
Location: On a wasteland, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-31

Date: 2011-08-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-05-27
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-07-24
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