Malvastrum coromandelianum(L.) Garcke

threelobe false mallow

WFO wfo-0000449486 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. a Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-08 / obs. 206026455
Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. b Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204047980
Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. c Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199471716
Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. d Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195976471
Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by aacocucci
fig. e aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189116421
Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. f 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188663188
Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by chiuluan
fig. g chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187731579
Malvastrum coromandelianum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186687937

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Native range 42 botanical countries

Regions where Malvastrum coromandelianum is native: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil South, Cayman Is., Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. AlabamaFloridaLouisianaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil SouthChile NorthColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanTrinidad-TobagoUruguayVenezuela BahamasCayman Is.Leeward Is.Netherlands AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Malvastrum coromandelianum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bahamas BAH
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Cayman Is. CAY
Chile North CLN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Desventurados Is. DSV
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Florida FLA
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Texas TEX

Not drawn on the map: Desventurados Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 698 in flower of 863 examined

Peak flowering in Mar. Each bar is the share of Malvastrum coromandelianum observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 698 of 863 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 35 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.

  • Malva antillarum Zuccagni
  • Malva betuloides Schrad.
  • Malva borbonica Willd.
  • Malva carpinifolia Desr.
  • Malva coromandeliana L.
  • Malva coromandelica Panz.
  • Malva domingensis Spreng. ex DC.
  • Malva europaea Noronha
  • Malva havanensis Sessé & Moc.
  • Malva hispida Moench
  • Malva lindheimeriana Scheele
  • Malva luzonica Blanco
  • Malva ruderalis Blume
  • Malva subhastata Cav.
  • Malva tricuspidata W.T.Aiton
  • Malva tricuspidata var. microphylla A.Rich.
  • Malva tricuspidata var. subtriloba DC.
  • Malva ulmifolia Balb. ex DC.
  • Malvastrum coromandelianum f. breviaristata Chodat & Hassl.
  • Malvastrum coromandelianum var. congestum R.E.Fr.
  • Malvastrum lindheimerianum Walp.
  • Malvastrum ruderale Hance
  • Malvastrum tricuspidatum A.Gray
  • Malvastrum tricuspidatum var. capitatospicatum (Kuntze) Stuck.

and 11 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.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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