Malva parviflora
Common name
small-flowered mallow
Family
Malvaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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.
MALPAR
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1883
Origin
S.W. Europe, Mediterranean to W. Asia
Etymology
parviflora: From the Latin parvus ‘small, puny’ and flores ‘flowers’, meaning small-flowered.