Malvaceae
Threelobe false mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malvastrum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 賽葵, 赛葵, 黄花棉, 黄花草, 黄花锦
- English
- Threelobe false mallow
- Japanese
- エノキアオイ
Synonyms
- Malva coromandeliana L.
- Malva tricuspidata W.T.Aiton
- Malvastrum tricuspidatum A.Gray
- Malveopsis coromandeliana (L.) Morong
- Malveopsis coromandeliana var. normalis Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marisankar Mk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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.