Malvaceae
Alkali mallow
Malvella leprosa
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malvella
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Common names
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- English
- Alkali mallow
Synonyms
- Disella hederacea (Douglas) Greene
- Malva albifolia Larrañaga
- Malva californica C.Presl
- Malva hederacea Douglas
- Malva leprosa Ortega
- Malva obliqua Nutt. ex A.Gray
- Malva plicata Nutt.
- Malva sulphurea Gillies
- Malvastrum sulphureum (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Griseb.
- Sida hederacea Torr. ex A.Gray
- Sida hederacea var. parvifolia Hemsl.
- Sida hederacea var. sulphurea (Gillies) Baker f.
- Sida leprosa (Ortega) K.Schum.
- Sida leprosa var. hederacea (Douglas) K.Schum.
- Sida leprosa var. sulphurea (Gillies) Hochr.
- Sida obliqua DC.
- Sida sulphurea (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.