Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Common Mallow
(Malva neglecta)

- annual to short-lived perennial with prostrate to semi-erect stems, 10
to 60 cm long; long-stalked rounded leaves with heart-shaped base and 5
to 7 broad shallow-toothed lobes; white to pale lilac flowers; seeds in
round, flat button-like disk of 12 to 15 smooth nutlets
- similar to round-leaved mallow (Malva pusilla) which has
roughened ridges on nutlets
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White to pale lilac flowers |
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12 to 15 nutlets in button-like disk |
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