Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia

Common Mallow
(Malva neglecta)

• annual to short-lived perennial with prostrate to semi-erect stems, 10 to 60 cm long; long-stalked rounded leaves with heart-shaped base and 5 to 7 broad shallow-toothed lobes; white to pale lilac flowers; seeds in round, flat button-like disk of 12 to 15 smooth nutlets

• similar to round-leaved mallow (Malva pusilla) which has roughened ridges on nutlets

	White to pale lilac flowers
	12 to 15 nutlets in button-like disk