Common Mallow

(Malva neglecta Wallr.)

Malvaceae (Mallow Family)

▲ mature plant

▲ flower

 

Common Mallow:  (pp. 368-369, Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 260-261, Weeds of the Northeast)

·        An annual or biennial weed, low-growing and spreading

·        Leaves roundish, pubescent (like miniature geranium leaves) on long petioles

·        Main stem fairly thick

·        Flowers white to lavender, about ½ “ across in leaf axils

·        Mainly a lawn, garden & roadside weed