Malvaceae
Common mallow
Malva sylvestris
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
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Common names
By language (53)
- aeb
- خبّيزة
- Arabic
- خبازة برية, Xongorongo de la inita, الخبازة البرية, الخبازه البريه, الدهماء, خبازي, خبيزة
- arz
- خبازه بريه
- Asturian
- Malva
- Azerbaijani
- Meşəlik əməköməcisi
- Basque
- Malba arrunt
- Belarusian
- Мальва лясная
- Bulgarian
- Горски слез
- Catalan
- Mauve sauvage
- Chinese
- 歐錦葵, 錦葵, 锦葵, 欧锦葵
- Corsican
- Malma, Malba, Nalba, Nalva
- Croatian
- Crni sljez, Šumski sljez,
- csb
- Dzëwô panienka
- Czech
- Sléz lesní
- Danish
- Almindelig Katost, Alm. katost
- Dutch
- Groot kaasjeskruid
- English
- Common mallow, High mallow, Mallow
- Estonian
- Mets-kassinaeris
- Finnish
- Kiiltomalva, Maurinkiiltomalva
- French
- Grande mauve, Mauve sauvage, Mauve des bois, Mauve sylvestre
- Galician
- Malva
- Georgian
- Ტყის ბალბა
- German
- Wilde Malve, Mauve sauvage
- Greek
- Μολόχα, Μάλβα η άγρια, Μαλάχη η άγρια
- Hebrew
- חלמית גדולה
- hsb
- Dźiwi šlěz, Dźiwi šlez, Dźiwja malwa
- Hungarian
- Erdei mályva
- inh
- Хьунмаькх
- Irish
- Lus na meall Muire, Hocas
- Japanese
- ウスベニアオイ, ブルーマロウ, マロウブルー, マローブルー
- kab
- Mejjir
- Kazakh
- Орман құлқайыры
- kbd
- Абазэкхъуей
- Kurdish
- Tolik, تۆلک, Tolk
- kw
- Malow
- Lithuanian
- Miškinė dedešva, Miško dedešva, Mauve sauvage
- Macedonian
- Црн слез
- mwl
- Malbas
- nap
- Mávëla
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Apotekerkattost
- Persian
- پنیرک صحرایی, پنیرک قرمز
- Polish
- Ślaz dziki
- Portuguese
- Malva
- Russian
- Мальва лесная, Просвирник лесной, Грудница, Зензиверова трава, Калачики, Красные рожицы, Мальва Гроссгейма, Просвирник Гроссгейма
- Scottish Gaelic
- Lus nam Meall Mòra
- Serbian
- Црни слез, Crni slez, Слез црни, Црни сљез
- Slovak
- Slez lesný
- Slovenian
- Gozdni slezenovec, Slezenovec, Črni klobuk
- Spanish
- Botonera, Botones, Chicha y pan, Flor de malva, Galletas, Granetes, Hogacinas, Hogacita
- Swedish
- Rödmalva, Mauve sauvage
- Turkish
- Büyük ebegümeci, Ebegümeci
- Ukrainian
- Калачики лісові, Зензівер, Мальва лісова
- Welsh
- Hocysen hocys, Malws
Synonyms
- Althaea vulgaris Bubani
- Malva sylvestris subsp. mauritiana (L.) Boiss.
- Malva sylvestris subsp. sylvestris
Flowers
- In flower
- April to October (from 5,878 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexandr Stanislavschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Astra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marina Nioti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Sven Gippner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.