Species

Malva parviflora

Etymology

parviflora: From the Latin parvus 'small, puny' and flores 'flowers', meaning small-flowered.

Common Name(s)

small-flowered mallow

Authority

Malva parviflora L.

Family

Malvaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

MALPAR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1883

Origin

S.W. Europe, Mediterranean to W. Asia

This page last updated on 29 Mar 2010