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Malva pusilla

small mallow

Other common names
Dutch cheeses
fairy cheeses
see morepancake plant
pellas
button weed
Synonyms
Malva borealis
Malva rotundifolia
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Botanical details
Family
Malvaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Malva

Genus description

Malva can be annuals, biennials or perennials, with rounded, often palmately lobed leaves and 5-petalled, open funnel-shaped flowers in the leaf axils or in terminal racemes

Name status

Correct

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