WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



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MALLOW FAMILY MALVACEAE 



316. Tree Mallow 



317. Rose Mallow 



317a. 



318. Dwarf Mallow 

 "Cheeses" 



319. 



320. 



321 



322. 



323. 



324. 

 325. 

 326. 



327. 

 328. 



329. 



Large-flowered 

 Mallow 



Small-flowered 



Mallow 

 Wild Hollvhock 



Lavatera asstirgentiflora 



Hibiscus Californicus 



Hibiscus denudatus 

 Malva rotundifolia 



Malva borealis 



Malva parviflora 

 Sidalcea malvaeflora 



Sidalcea diploscypha and 



var. 

 Sidalcea Hartwegii 



Sidalcea sulcata 

 Sidalcea Oregana 

 Sidalcea malachroides 



Sidalcea calycosa 

 Sidalcea glaucescens 



Sidalcea spicata 



Introduced and commonly 

 used as a windbreak in 

 vegetable gardens near the 

 coast. 



Marshy places along the 

 Sacramento and San Joa- 

 quin. Tall, 3 to 7 ft., very 

 large, deep crimson and 

 white flowers. 



S. E. California. 



Introduced — old gardens 

 and waste places. Medi- 

 cinal-mucilaginous, boiled 

 with meat in Egypt. 



Introduced weed from Eu- 

 rope. Waste places. Com- 

 mon on coast. 



Introduced. Very common 

 in Bay region. 



Leaves cleft, small and 

 large, pinkish flowers on 

 the same plant. General, 

 abundant, perennial. 



Sacramento and coast range 

 valleys. Annual. 



Coast ranges and Sierra 

 foothills. 



Northern Sierra foothills. 



Sonoma County north. 



Seaboard species, leaves not 

 cleft or divided. 



Pt. Reyes. Rarely collected. 



Frequent in Sierra foothills. 

 General. 



Forming striking masses of 

 pink in meadows of the 

 Sierras at moderate ele- 

 vations. 



Nearly all the known species are found within the boundaries of the State. 

 In addition to the above, some twenty species have been described, many of which 

 may prove to be synonyms when the peculiar and variable features of the genus are 

 better understood. 



330. False Mallow 



331. 

 332. 



Malvastrum exile 



Malvastrum Fremontii 

 Malvastrum arcuatum 



Low plant, mostly in the 

 San Joaquin Valley and 

 south. Two kinds of blos- 

 soms, small white or rose- 

 colored ones and larger 

 rose-colored ones. 



Diablo range south, fra- 

 grant like roses, white 

 woolly plant, leaves lobed. 



Shrub, stream banks, Santa 

 Clara Valley, densely 

 woolly leaves only slightly 

 lobed. 



