Malvaceae
Low mallow
Malva pusilla
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- خبيزة ضئيلة /الحميض, الحيض, خبازة شمالية, خبازي, خبيزة
- arz
- خبيزه ضئيله
- Azerbaijani
- Kiçik əməköməci
- Belarusian
- Мальва нізкая
- Bulgarian
- Дребен слез
- Chinese
- 圆叶锦葵, 托盘果, 野锦葵, 金爬齿, 圆叶锦葵根, 白花圆叶锦葵, 烧饼花
- cv
- Лутра мальва
- Czech
- Sléz nizounký
- Dutch
- Rond kaasjeskruid
- English
- Low mallow
- Finnish
- Kylämalva
- French
- Mauve à petites feuilles, Mauve à feuilles rondes
- German
- Kleinblütige Malve, Nordische Malve
- hsb
- Běły šlěz, Běły šlez
- Icelandic
- Hænsnarós
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dvergkattost
- Persian
- پنیرک برگگرد
- Romanian
- Nalbă mică
- Slovenian
- Drobnocvetni slezenovec
- Swedish
- Vit kattost
- Ukrainian
- Калачики дрібненькі, Калачики круглолисті
- Welsh
- Hocysen fân-flodeuog
Synonyms
- Althaea borealis (Wallman) Alef.
- Malva borealis Wallm.
- Malva bracteata Rchb.
- Malva crenata Kit.
- Malva henningii Goldb.
- Malva humifusa J.Henning
- Malva lignescens Iljin
- Malva minor Garsault
- Malva obtusa Torr. & A.Gray
- Malva parviflora Huds.
- Malva pseudoborealis Schur
- Malva repens Gueldenst.
- Malva rotundifolia L.
- Malva rotundifolia var. grandior Wahlenb.
- Malva rotundifolia var. henningii (Goldb.) Trevir.
- Malva rotundifolia var. leiocarpa H.Lindb.
- Malva rotundifolia var. pusilla (Sm.) Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 73 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Älven, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: art_leostrin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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.