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Malva neglecta
About
Malva neglecta is a species of plant of the family Malvaceae, native to most of the Old World except sub-Saharan Africa. It is an annual growing to 0.6 m (2 ft). It is known as common mallow in the United States and also as buttonweed, cheeseplant, cheeseweed, dwarf mallow, and roundleaf mallow. This plant is often consumed as a food, with its leaves, stalks and seed all being considered edible. This is especially true of the seeds, which contain 21% protein and 15.2% fat.
- Family
- Malvaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Malva neglecta
- Slug
- malva-neglecta
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malva
- Species
- neglecta
- Wikidata QID
- Q153343
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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