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|accepted_name=Malva neglecta
|accepted_authority=Wallroth in C. F. Hornschuch
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. F. Hornschuch, Syll. Pl. Nov.
|place=1: 140. 1824
|year=1824
}}
|common_names=Common mallow;cheeses;mauve négligée
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Malva;Malva neglecta
|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>[[Malva]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malva neglecta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 287, 292
|treatment_page=page 290
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, biennial, or perennial, 0.2–0.6 m, trailing stems sometimes to 1 m, usually sparsely stellate-hairy and with simple hairs. <b>Stems</b> usually prostrate to ascending, sometimes trailing, sparsely stellate-hairy with simple hairs persistent on older stems. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules persistent, narrowly triangular, 3–6 × 2.5 mm, papery; petiole usually 2–5 times as long as blade, gradually reduced distally; blade reniform to orbiculate-cordate, unlobed or very shallowly 5–7-lobed, 1.5–3.5(–6) × 1–4(–5) cm, base cordate, margins crenate-dentate, apex obtuse or rounded, surfaces glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, 2–6-flowered fascicles, long-stalked. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–5 cm, usually 10+ mm in fruit, several times longer than calyx, slender and flexible in fruit; involucellar bractlets distinct, not adnate to calyx, linear to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 3–5(–6) × 1 mm, shorter than calyx, margins entire, surfaces sparsely stellate-puberulent and short-ciliate. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 4–7 mm, slightly accrescent, to 8 mm in fruit, lobes enclosing mericarps, not veined, triangular-ovate, stellate-hairy, ciliate; petals pale lilac to whitish, drying pinkish or whitish, or faded, veins not darker, (6–)9–13 mm, length 2 times calyx, apex notched; staminal column 4–4.5 mm, retrorsely stellate-puberulent; style 12–15-branched; stigmas 12–15 (same number as locules), purple. <b>Schizocarps</b> 6 mm diam.; mericarps 12–15, 1.5–2 mm, apical face and margins rounded-angled, not winged or toothed, sides thin and papery, smooth to slightly roughened or reticulate, surfaces puberulent apically. <b>Seeds</b> 1–1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 42.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, vacant lots, farm yards
|elevation=0–2700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;introduced also in Mexico (Chihuahua);West Indies (Dominican Republic);Central America (Panama);South America (Argentina;Brazil);s Asia (India;Pakistan);Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Malva neglecta</i> is the most commonly found mallow in most of North America. It has been introduced essentially worldwide in temperate areas and is usually considered a weed. In some older treatments, it was included within <i>M. rotundifolia</i> Linnaeus, a name rejected because of its inconsistent use for this species as well as for <i>M. pusilla</i> and other species. The immature, mucilaginous fruits are sometimes eaten; they have the appearance and texture of an old-fashioned wheel of cheese, hence one of the common names.</p>
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name=Malva neglecta
|authority=Wallroth in C. F. Hornschuch
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed areas, vacant lots, farm yards
|elevation=0–2700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;introduced also in Mexico (Chihuahua);West Indies (Dominican Republic);Central America (Panama);South America (Argentina;Brazil);s Asia (India;Pakistan);Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in C. F. Hornschuch, Syll. Pl. Nov.
|publication year=1824
|special status=Introduced;Weedy
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Malva
|species=Malva neglecta
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