Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Malva parviflora
Common name
Small-flowered mallow
Family
Malvaceae
Where found
Disturbed sites. Widespread. Few records on the coast and ranges south of Ulladulla.
Notes
Introduced annual, biennial, or perennial herb, sprawling or to 1 m tall. Stems stellate hairy (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see). Leaves alternating along the stems, 5-10 cm long, 30-100 mm wide, hairy, margins 5-7-lobed, toothed, bases cordate. Flowers with 5 pink to white petals each 4-6 mm long, in clusters of 2-4 flowers.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Malva~parviflora (accessed 24 January, 2021)
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