Common Mallow

Malva sylvestris

"Malva sylvestris" is a species of the mallow genus "Malva" in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus.
Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris Habitat: Garden Common Mallow,Geotagged,Malva sylvestris,Summer,United States,mallow,malva

Appearance

"M. sylvestris" is a vigorously healthy plant with showy flowers of bright mauve-purple, with dark veins; a handsome plant, often standing 3 or 4 feet high and growing freely in fields, hedgerows and in fallow fields.

"Malva sylvestris" is a spreading herb, which is an annual in North Africa, biennial in the Mediterranean and a perennial elsewhere.
Common Mallow - Malva sylvestris Rose-lavender flowers with notched petals (heart-shaped). The leaves are rounded and toothed. The common name "Cheeses" comes from the similarity of the shape of the flat, rounded fruits to a "round" of cheese. Common Mallow is edible and also has medicinal properties. The leaves are edible and nutritious. They have mucilaginous properties, which tend to thicken soup. Leaf or root mallow tea is used to treat coughs and stomachaches, in addition to other ailments. Fall,Geotagged,Malva sylvestris,United States

Naming

Mauve, n. F., mallow, L. "malva". So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, {"Malva sylvestris"}.
Webster's Dictionary

Ukrainian: Мальва лісова
Albanian: Mëllaga
Arabic: الخبيزة البرية، الخبازي، الخباز‎
Azerbaijani: Əməköməci
Bulgarian: Горски слез (Gorski slez)
English: tall mallow, common mallow, high mallow, blue mallow, cheese-cake,
pick-cheese, round dock, country-mallow, wild mallow, wood mallow
Catalan: Malva, Vauma, malva de cementiri
Corsican: Malba
Welsh: Hocysen Gyffredin
Czech: sléz lesní
Danish: Almindelig Katost
German: Kultur-käsepappel
Esperanto: Malvo granda
Greek: μολόχα (molocha)
Spanish: Malva común, Malva silvestre
Basque: ziga, zigiña
Estonian: mets-kassinaeris
French: Grande mauve, mauve sylvestre, mauve des bois
Finnish: Kiiltomalva
Croatian: Sljez crni, Sljez divlji
Hungarian: Erdei mályva, mályva, Papsajt
Georgian: ბალბა (Balba)
Italian: Malva, méiba, nalba, riondella
Kashmiri: Sotsal
Macedonian: црн слез
Mongolian: Жамба
Malayalam: Hobbejza tar-raba
Dutch: Groot Kaasjeskruid
Norwegian: Apotekerkattost
Polish: Ślaz dziki
Portuguese: Malva silvestre
Sardinian: mamarutza, marmaredda, marva, Narbedda
Slovak: slez lesný
Slovene: Gozdni slezenovec
Serbian: crni slez
Swedish: rödmalva
Romanian: Nalba de culturä, nalba de padure
Turkish: Büyük ebegümeci
Hebrew: חלמית כחולה‎

It is one of several species of different genera sometimes referred to as Creeping charlie, a term more commonly applied to "Glechoma hederacea". Plants previously often described as "Malva sylvestris" var. "malaca" are now considered a Cultivar Group "Malva sylvestris" Mauritiana Group.

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