family Malvaceae, mallow family, Malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra

Malva moschata, mus rose, musk mallow - erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States

common mallow, Malva neglecta - annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States

cheeseflower, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow, cheese - erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

Abelmoschus moschatus, abelmosk, Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow - bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus

Abutilon theophrasti, butter-print, China jute, velvetweed, Indian mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf - tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States

hollyhock - any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers

althaea, althea, hollyhock - any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea

poppy mallow - a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer

hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus

Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota, wild hollyhock - a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

Iliamna acerifolia, Iliamna ruvularis, mountain hollyhock - perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers

seashore mallow - any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus

chaparral mallow, Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Sphaeralcea fasciculata - shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea

malope, Malope trifida - western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts

false mallow - an American plant of the genus Malvastrum

sleeping hibiscus, wax mallow, waxmallow - any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers

glade mallow, Napaea dioica - tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States

Sida hermaphrodita, Virginia mallow - tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers

jellyleaf, Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia - herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed

Indian mallow, Sida spinosa - tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States

checkerbloom, Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock - perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated

false mallow, globe mallow - genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches