mallow

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Malva moschata, mus rose, musk mallow

erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States

Malva neglecta, common mallow

annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States

Malva sylvestris, cheese, cheeseflower, high mallow, tall mallow

erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, abelmosk, musk mallow

bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

Abutilon theophrasti, China jute, Indian mallow, butter-print, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf, velvetweed

tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States

hollyhock

any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers

althaea, althea, hollyhock

any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea

poppy mallow

a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer

hibiscus

any plant of the genus Hibiscus

Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota, wild hollyhock

a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

Iliamna acerifolia, Iliamna ruvularis, mountain hollyhock

perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers

seashore mallow

any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus

Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata, chaparral mallow

shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

Malope trifida, malope

western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts

false mallow

an American plant of the genus Malvastrum

sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow, waxmallow

any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers

Napaea dioica, glade mallow

tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States

Sida hermaphrodita, Virginia mallow

tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers

Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia, jellyleaf

herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed

Indian mallow, Sida spinosa

tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States

Sidalcea malviflora, checkerbloom, wild hollyhock

perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated

false mallow, globe mallow

genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits

Alcea rosea, Althea rosea, rose mallow

plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock

Althea officinalis, marsh mallow, white mallow

European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers

Callirhoe digitata, fringed poppy mallow

perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers

Callirhoe involucrata, purple poppy mallow

hairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowers

Callirhoe triangulata, clustered poppy mallow

densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters

Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, Indian hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf

valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe, mahagua, mahoe, majagua

erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks

Hibiscus heterophyllus, sorrel tree

Australian tree with acid foliage

Hibiscus moscheutos, common rose mallow, rose mallow, swamp mallow, swamp rose mallow

showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers

Confederate rose, Confederate rose mallow, Hibiscus mutabilis, cotton rose

Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States

China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Rose of China, shoe black, shoeblack plant

large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers

Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaica sorrel, red sorrel, roselle, rozelle, sorrel

East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon

Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe

Hibiscus tiliaceus, balibago, mahagua, mahoe, majagua, purau

shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament

Hibiscus trionum, black-eyed Susan, bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, flowers-of-an-hour

annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America

Kosteletzya virginica, salt marsh mallow

subshrub of southeastern United States to New York

Malvastrum coccineum, Sphaeralcea coccinea, prairie mallow, red false mallow

false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum

Type of:

bush, shrub

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems