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Cheeseweed

Malva parviflora

Description:

Green weed with different shaped leaves on the same plant. "It has a decumbent or erect habit, growing to 50 cm in height. The broad leaves have 5 to 7 lobes and are 8 to 10 cm in diameter. It has small white or pink flowers with 4 to 6 mm long petals." - Wikipedia

Habitat:

Full fun with regular watering

Notes:

"M. parviflora leaf extracts possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities." - Wikipedia It has several common names such as "cheeseweed mallow, Egyptian mallow, least mallow, little mallow, mallow, marshmallow, small-flowered mallow, small-flowered marshmallow and smallflower mallow" - Wikipedia

1 Species ID Suggestions

Creeoubg Charlie
Glechoma hederacea Glechoma hederacea


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2 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you for the ID, Brandon. I too have not had enough coffee but then that's usually the case for me :)

BrandonBlount
BrandonBlount 12 years ago

Creeping Charlie... Sorry, not enough coffee yet today, fingers were somewhat frozen. LOL

Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Oct 1, 2011
Submitted on Oct 1, 2011

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