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§1 Plant

Malva parviflora L.

vernacular cheeseweed mallow — species · Malvaceae


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
§2b

County-level range

· 168 counties across 22 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 168 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 168 counties across 22 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 9 I
California view state ↗ 35 I
Florida view state ↗ 5 I
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I
Idaho view state ↗ 1 I
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I
Kansas view state ↗ 4 I
Louisiana view state ↗ 8 I
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 I
Missouri view state ↗ 2 I
Montana view state ↗ 33 I
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 I
Nevada view state ↗ 3 I
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 I
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 I
New York view state ↗ 5 I
North Dakota view state ↗ 8 I
Oregon view state ↗ 5 I
Texas view state ↗ 26 I
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 I

§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-2026-05-26

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