Malva parvifloraL.

cheeseweed mallow

WFO wfo-0000449230 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Malva parviflora, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 204058573
Malva parviflora, photographed by Mary K. Hanson
fig. b Mary K. Hanson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202349572
Malva parviflora, photographed by Andrew Meeds
fig. c Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192720393
Malva parviflora, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. d Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200526409
Malva parviflora, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. e Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204331608
Malva parviflora, photographed by jen
fig. f jen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196629526
Malva parviflora, photographed by Andrew Meeds
fig. g Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192743155
Malva parviflora, photographed by Andrew Meeds
fig. h Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193734775

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Flowering n = 2,844 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 2,844 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 26 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Althaea mareotica (Delile ex DC.) Alef.
  • Althaea microcarpa (Pers.) Alef.
  • Althaea parviflora (L.) Alef.
  • Malva bivoniana C.Presl
  • Malva coronata Pomel
  • Malva cristata (Boiss.) Sennen & Mauricio
  • Malva flexuosa Hornem.
  • Malva heterocarpa Shuttlew.
  • Malva mareotica Delile ex DC.
  • Malva microcalyx hort. ex C.A.Mey.
  • Malva microcarpa Desf. ex DC.
  • Malva microcarpa Pers.
  • Malva microcarpa var. cristata Sennen
  • Malva musiana Sennen
  • Malva parviflora subvar. dasycarpa Maire
  • Malva parviflora var. coronata (Pomel) Batt.
  • Malva parviflora var. cristata Boiss.
  • Malva parviflora var. flexuosa Pit. & Proust
  • Malva parviflora var. flexuosa (Hornem.) Fr.
  • Malva parviflora var. microcarpa Loscos
  • Malva parviflora var. trichocarpa Maire & Sennen
  • Malva polycarpa Sennen & Sennen
  • Malva rotundifolia subsp. parviflora (L.) Ball
  • Malva simpliciuscula Steud.

and 2 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.