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§1 Plant — species · Malvaceae

Malva parviflora L.

vernacular cheeseweed mallow


USDA
MAPA5
GBIF
3152378
Rank
species
cheeseweed mallow (Malva parviflora)
Platephotograph · James BaileyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Biennial, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Malvaceae Juss.
Genus
Malva
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 33 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MAPA5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3152378 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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