Malvaceae
Palm-leaf marshmallow
Althaea cannabina
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Althaea
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- خبيزة قنابية
- Bulgarian
- Конопена ружа
- Catalan
- Malví canemer
- Chinese
- 麻叶药葵
- English
- Palm-leaf marshmallow
- French
- Guimauve faux-chanvre, Guimauve à feuilles de chanvre
- German
- Hanfblättriger Eibisch
- Persian
- ختمی شاهدانهای
- Russian
- Алтей коноплёвый, Алтей коноплевый
- Slovenian
- Konopljeni slez
- Spanish
- Matilda cañamera, Cañamera ancha, Cañamera angosta, Malva cañamera, Malvavisco cañamero, Malvi, Malví
- Swedish
- Hampmalva
Synonyms
- Althaea cannabina subsp. narbonensis (Pourr. ex Cav.) Nyman
- Althaea kotschyi Boiss.
- Althaea narbonensis Jacq.
- Althaea narbonnensis Pourr. ex Cav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Michel Chauvet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michel Chauvet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.