Common name: Small-flowered Mallow
Malva parviflora L. APNI* 
Description: Erect or decumbent annual usually to c. 50 cm high, stellate-hairy.
Leaves ± circular, 8–10 cm diam., 5–7-lobed, base cordate, margins crenate, sparsely pubescent; petiole mostly 1.5–12 cm long, rarely to 20 cm.
Flowers in axillary clusters forming an irregular raceme. Epicalyx segments narrow-linear, shorter than calyx. Calyx lobes broad-ovate, acute, 3–3.5 mm long; calyx enlarging to 13–15 mm diam. in fruit. Petals 4–6 mm long, white or pink.
Fruit 7–8 mm diam., brown when ripe, glabrous or pubescent, winged ridges between carpels.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of Medit.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP, *SFWP, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A. *N.T.
Text by A. S. Mitchell & E. H. Norris
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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