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|accepted_name=Malvella leprosa
|accepted_authority=(Ortega) Krapovickas
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bonplandia (Corrientes)
|place=3: 59. 1970
|year=1970
}}
|common_names=Dollar-weed;oreja de ratón;scurfy sida
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Malva leprosa
|authority=Ortega
|publication_title=Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.
|publication_place=8: 95. 1798
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Disella hederacea
|authority=(Douglas) Greene
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=M. hederacea
|authority=Douglas
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=M. sulphurea
|authority=Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malvastrum sulphureum
|authority=(Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott) Grisebach
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sida hederacea
|authority=(Douglas) Torrey ex A. Gray
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. leprosa
|authority=(Ortega) K. Schumann
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. sulphurea
|authority=(Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott) A. Gray
}}
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Malvella;Malvella leprosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malvella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malvella leprosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 301
|treatment_page=page 302
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>prostrate, indument mixture of stellate and appressed, sublepidote hairs. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1/2–1 times as long as blade; blade ± reniform, 1–3.5 cm, wider than long, base obliquely truncate, margins serrate, apex obtuse or subacute, surfaces densely hairy, hairs appressed, sublepidote and stellate. <b>Pedicels</b> long, subequal to subtending petiole; involucellar bractlets 3, inconspicuous, filiform, or 0. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 8–10 mm, with mixture of stellate and appressed sublepidote hairs, lobes ovate, bases not plicate-overlapping, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, sometimes with rose flush on fading, asymmetric, 12–15 mm; stamens pallid, glabrous, staminal column antheriferous at apex; style 7–10-branched, pallid, glabrous. <b>Schizocarps</b> 7 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 22, 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round in warmer areas.
|habitat=Heavy, saline soil
|elevation=800–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Mexico (Baja California;Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;San Luis Potosí;Sinaloa;Sonora);South America (Argentina;Chile;Peru;Uruguay).
|discussion=<p><i>Malvella leprosa</i> is possibly introduced in Colorado. The species is considered to be a noxious weed in Arizona and California and increasing as saline soils increase.</p>
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name=Malvella leprosa
|author=
|authority=(Ortega) Krapovickas
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Disella hederacea;M. hederacea;M. sulphurea;Malvastrum sulphureum;Sida hederacea;S. leprosa;S. sulphurea
|basionyms=Malva leprosa
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round in warmer areas.
|habitat=Heavy, saline soil
|elevation=800–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Mexico (Baja California;Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;San Luis Potosí;Sinaloa;Sonora);South America (Argentina;Chile;Peru;Uruguay).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bonplandia (Corrientes)
|publication year=1970
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_547.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Malvella
|species=Malvella leprosa
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