MALLOW FAMILY. Malvaceae. 



High Mallow 



Malva 

 sylvestris 

 Light 

 magenta 

 or pinkish 

 June- 

 September 



magenta- the leaf -angles, white or pale pinkish ma- 



veined genta, magenta-veined ; in shape like a 



June-October . . * T_ ,, - , , , ,. * 



miniature hollyhock, but the five petals 



notched. Stems 4-10 inches long. Common in waste 

 places and as a garden weed everywhere. The name is 

 from the Greek, and refers to the soft character of the 

 leaves (albeit they are hard !) ; the popular name, 

 Cheeses, refers to the round, cheeselike form of the 

 seed-receptacle. Naturalized from Europe. 



A common biennial with an erect 

 branching stem, slightly fine-hairy or 

 sometimes smooth. The leaves lighter 

 green, rather long-stalked, toothed, and 

 angularly five-lobed or occasionally seven- 

 lobed. The flowers with the same family 

 resemblance to the hollyhock, magenta- 

 pink, or light magenta, the petals with 

 about four deeper veins ; the clusters (few-flowered) at 

 the leaf -angles. 18-30 inches high. A delicate-flowered 

 plant common on roadsides and in waste places every- 

 where. Adventive from Europe. 



A very similar but perennial species, 

 with the leaf division deeply slashed or 

 cut. The medium green leaves with very 

 narrow divisions and short stalks. The 

 white or very pale magenta-pink flowers 

 nearly two inches broad, flat, and borne 

 in terminal clusters ; they are also veined. 

 The leaves have a delicate odor of musk when crushed . 

 1-2 feet high. Common in the same situations as the 

 above species, with the same distribution ; from Europe. 

 A distinctly western flower, occasion- 

 ally escaped from cultivation in the east, 

 a perennial bearing large showy, purple- 

 crimson or magenta flowers slightly re- 

 sembling the Malvas. The leaves slashed 

 like those of the preceding species, but not 

 so deeply ; the lobes more obtuse. The stem hairy, and 

 the flowers borne singly with long stalks. 1-2 feet high. 

 In dry ground, from Minn., Neb., and Utah, south. 



Musk Mallow 

 Malva 

 Moschata 

 White or 

 magenta-pink 

 June- 

 September 



Purple Poppy- 

 mallow 



Callirrhoe 

 involucrata 

 Magenta 

 May-August 



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