Index / Search / Malvella leprosa
§1 Plant
Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov.
vernacular alkali mallow — species · Malvaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Malvaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Malvella
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 101 counties across 12 states/territories§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.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 101 counties across 12 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
California view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Glenn 06021
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Orange 06059
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MALE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3152693 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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