Malvaceae
Cluster mallow
Malva verticillata
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- خبازة مجدولة
- arz
- خبازه مجدوله
- Belarusian
- Мальва кучаравая
- Chinese
- 冬寒菜, 冬葵, 野葵, 冬葵叶, 冬葵子, 冬葵果, 冬葵根, 旅葵
- Czech
- Sléz kučeravý, Sléz přeslenitý
- Dutch
- Dessertbladen
- English
- Cluster mallow, Chinese mallow
- Estonian
- Männas-kassinaeris
- Finnish
- Kiehkuramalva
- German
- Quirl-Malve
- hsb
- Mutličkaty šlěz, Krjózkaty šlez, Mutličkaty šlez
- Icelandic
- Kransmalva
- Japanese
- フユアオイ, オカノリ
- Korean
- 아욱
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kranskattost
- Russian
- Мальва мутовчатая, Мальва кормовая, Мальва мелюка, Мальва могилёвская, Просвирник мелюка, Просвирник могилёвский, Просвирник мутовчатый
- Slovak
- Slez kučeravý
- Swedish
- Kransmalva
- Ukrainian
- Калачики кільчасті
- Welsh
- Hocysen droellog
Synonyms
- Althaea verticillata (L.) Alef.
- Malva meluca Graebn. ex P.Medw.
Flowers
- In flower
- April, June to October (from 27 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Markus Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lesley Marrion-Cole, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Stefano Acco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pierre Clément, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yann girard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.