Annual herb ; up to 25 cm high . Stems prostrate to erect , branched , spreading , sparsely stellate-pubescent to glabrescent . Leaves alternate , 2-4 x 2-4 cm , overall round , shallowly lobed with indented base , margins serrated , pubescent ; petiole 3-6 cm ; stipules lanceolate , ciliate . Inflorescences 4-5 , in the leaf axils ; pedicel 2-3 mm . Flowers white with a tinge of pink , epicalyx 3 , linear ; calyx 3-5 mm , enlarging in fruit , fused below , lobes ovate ; corolla 5-7 mm , as long as or slightly longer than the calyx , obovate , notched at the apex . Fruit schizocarp , 4-6 mm in diameter , depressed globose , glabrous or pubescent , with 7-11 mericarps . Seeds 1 . 4–1 . 8 mm long , brownish black , 1 in each mericarp , minutely rugulose . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Malva microcarpa var. cristata Sennen
Althaea parviflora (L.) Alef.
Malva rotundifolia subsp. parviflora (L.) Ball
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Cheeseweed
Cheeseweed Mallow
Egyptian Mallow
Least Mallow
Little Mallow
Mallow
Marshmallow
Small-flowered Mallow
Small-flowered Marshmallow
Smallflower Mallow
The leaves are known edible. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*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 *https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au *https://www.iewf.org *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
