mallow

any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

• musk mallow, mus rose, Malva moschata — erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
• common mallow, Malva neglecta — annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States
• tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower, Malva sylvestris — erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
• abelmosk, musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus — bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
• velvetleaf, velvetweed, Indian mallow, butter-print, China jute, Abutilon theophrasti — tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States
• hollyhock — any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers
• althea, althaea, hollyhock — any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
• poppy mallow — a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer
• hibiscus — any plant of the genus Hibiscus
• wild hollyhock, Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota — a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
• mountain hollyhock, Iliamna ruvularis, Iliamna acerifolia — perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers
• seashore mallow — any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus
• chaparral mallow, Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata — shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
• malope, Malope trifida — western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts
• false mallow — an American plant of the genus Malvastrum
• waxmallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus — any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
• glade mallow, Napaea dioica — tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States
• Virginia mallow, Sida hermaphrodita — tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers
• Queensland hemp, jellyleaf, Sida rhombifolia — herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed
• Indian mallow, Sida spinosa — tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States
• checkerbloom, wild hollyhock, Sidalcea malviflora — perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
• globe mallow, false mallow — genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits

• shrub, bush — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches

• Malvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow family — herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra