Malvaceae
Scurfymallow
Malvella lepidota
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malvella
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Scurfymallow
Synonyms
- Disella lepidota Greene
- Sida lepidota A.Gray
- Sida lepidota var. depauperata A.Gray
- Sida leprosa var. depauperata (A.Gray) Clement
Flowers
- In flower
- May, August (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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.