Annual with a woody base or a perennial herb ; up to 20 cm high , with a deep fleshy tap root . Stems spreading erect , branched , stout , stellate-pubescent . Leaves alternate , 25-30 cm long and broad , orbicular to reniform in outline , base cordate , margin dentate ; petiole 2-3 cm . Inflorescences 1-4 , axillary ; pedicel slender , 1-3 cm . Flowers white , to light pink to light purple , actinomorphic , small and dainty ; epicalyx 3 , linear ; calyx ± 5 mm , fused below , lobes acute ; corolla 7-10 mm , longer than the calyx , obovate , notched at the apex ; stamens many , filaments fused into a tube surrounding gynoecium ; pistil of several fused carpels . Fruit schizocarp , 6-7 mm in diameter , globose , composed of 13 to 15 mericarps , smooth , pubescent , margin not crested . Seeds reddish brown to black , flattened , rounded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Malva fruticans Dorner ex Rchb.
Malva rotundifolia var. crispa Wimm. & Grab.
Malva vulgaris Fr.
No data
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Mallow
Common Mallow
Buttonweed
Cheeseplant
Cheeseweed
Dwarf Mallow
Dwarf Malva
Roundleaf Mallow
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://www.flowersofindia.net *https://swbiodiversity.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
