Flowers and fruiting bodies. Photo: Don Wood, south coast, NSW

Flowers, fruiting body, and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, south coast, NSW

Fruiting bodies and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Small-Flowered Mallow, Marshmallow, Small-Flowered Marshmallow

Family

Malvaceae

Notes

Introduced annual, biennial, or perennial forb, prostrate or to 1.5m tall.  Leaves alternating along the stems, bases cordate, 5-10cm long, 30-100mm wide, hairy, 5-7-lobed, toothed.  Flowers pink to white, with 5 petals, in clusters of 2-4 at the bases of the leaves. 

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 482

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Malva~parviflora