Malvaceae
Indian Valley false mallow
Malvastrum americanum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malvastrum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 穗花赛葵, 穗花賽葵
- English
- Indian Valley false mallow, Bretonica peluda
Synonyms
- Malope lutea Raf.
- Malva americana L.
- Malva astrolasia Zipp. ex Span.
- Malva blumeana Steud.
- Malva brachystachya F.Muell.
- Malva curassavica Desr.
- Malva fluminensis Vell.
- Malva gangetica L.
- Malva macrostachya C.Presl
- Malva ovata Cav.
- Malva polystachya Cav.
- Malva spicata L.
- Malva spicata var. ovata (Cav.) Hemsl.
- Malva sublobata Desr.
- Malva timoriensis DC.
- Malva trachelifolia Link
- Malvastrum americanum var. americanum
- Malvastrum americanum var. stellatum S.R.Hill
- Malvastrum macrostachyum (C.Presl) Hemsl.
- Malvastrum spicatum A.Gray
- Malvastrum trachelifolium Ulbr.
- Malveopsis americana (L.) Kuntze
- Malveopsis macrostachya (C.Presl) Kuntze
- Malveopsis spicata Kuntze
- Malveopsis spicata f. rubra Kuntze
- Malveopsis spicata var. normalis Kuntze
- Melochia spicata (L.) Fryxell
- Sida betulifolia Schrank
- Sphaeralcea americana (L.) Metz
- Visenia spicata (L.) Colla
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos

Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.