Malvaceae
Cornish mallow
Malva multiflora
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- خبازة لينية
- Chinese
- 克里特花葵
- English
- Cornish mallow
- Russian
- Мальва Линнея
- Spanish
- Malvones, Marva, Pajicilla, Pan y quesitos, Panecico, Panecillos, Panecillos de malva, Quesilla
- Ukrainian
- Калачики мавританські
- Welsh
- Hocyswydden fach
Synonyms
- Althaea cretica (L.) Kuntze
- Althaea silvestris Borbás
- Anthema cretica (L.) Medik.
- Anthema scabra Moench
- Anthema tenoreana C.Presl
- Lavatera cavanillesii Caball.
- Lavatera cretica L.
- Lavatera cretica f. stenophylla (Willk.) Rouy
- Lavatera cretica var. acutiloba Ball
- Lavatera cretica var. genuina Pérez Lara
- Lavatera cretica var. macrantha Maire & Wilczek
- Lavatera cretica var. microphylla Pau ex Merino
- Lavatera cretica var. silvestris (Brot.) Pérez Lara
- Lavatera cretica var. stenophylla Willk.
- Lavatera cretica var. sylvestris (Brot.) Pérez Lara
- Lavatera empedoclis Ucria
- Lavatera hederifolia (Vis.) Schloss. & Vuk.
- Lavatera mollis Ehrenb. ex Sweet
- Lavatera neapolitana Ten.
- Lavatera sicula Tineo
- Lavatera stenophylla (Willk.) Rouy
- Lavatera sylvestris Brot.
- Lavatera triloba Sebast. & Mauri
- Lavatera weinmanniana Trevir. ex DC.
- Malope multiflora Cav.
- Malva cretica (L.) Pau
- Malva hederifolia Vis.
- Malva linnaei M.F.Ray
- Malva liocarpa Phil.
- Malva mamillosa J.Lloyd ex Nyman
- Malva pseudolavatera Webb & Berthel.
- Malva willkommiana Scheele
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 3,710 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: John Lyden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SuperJew, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: This image is created by user B. Schoenmakers at Observation.org , a global biod, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: This image is created by user B. Schoenmakers at Observation.org , a global biod, CC BY 3.0, 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). About our plant data.