Dwarf Mallow - Malva neglecta
Low to short sprawling, hairy plant. Leaves kidney shaped to rounded-heart-shaped in outline with 5 to 7 very shallow toothed lobes. Flowers pale lilac to whitish usually with darker veins, 15 to 25 mm in clusters of 3 to 6. Petals with bearded claws at least twice as long as the sepals.
Waysides and waste places, dry habitats, sometimes at the base of a wall.
May to September.
Annual.
Most British records come from England. It is found elsewhere but is not as common.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 102 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
25 July 2015
Peter Smith
Cropston
04 September 2012
David Nicholls
Croft
09 May 2014
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
28 July 2015
Graham Calow
Witherley
01 August 2015 Jitty Cooks Lane to Pougher Close Sapcote SP 4900 9315 (taken 15.9.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
15 September 2008
 Jitty Cooks Lane to Pougher Close Sapcote SP 4900 9315 (taken 15.9.2008).JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Dwarf Mallow
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Malvales
- Family:
- Malvaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 51
- First record:
- 28/05/2006 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 23/09/2025 (Smith, Peter)
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Graham Calow
Outside Cosby WMC Car Park
16 May 2016
Graham Calow
Outside Cosby WMC Car Park
16 May 2016
Graham Calow
Witherley
01 August 2015
Graham Calow
Croft
09 May 2014
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
28 July 2015
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
25 July 2015 All Saints Close Sapcote SP 4885 9326 (taken 7.7.2007).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
07 July 2007
David Nicholls
Croft
09 May 2014 By Calver Cottages Sapcote SP 4913 9318 (taken 28.5.2006).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 May 2006
Peter Smith
Cropston
04 September 2012
Graham Calow
Witherley
01 August 2015
Peter Smith
Cropston
04 September 2012
Sprawling habit
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
25 July 2015
David Nicholls
Croft
09 May 2014
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
28 July 2015
Graham Calow
Witherley
01 August 2015
 All Saints Close Sapcote SP 4885 9326 (taken 7.7.2007).JPG)
 By Calver Cottages Sapcote SP 4913 9318 (taken 28.5.2006).JPG)
Mallow Rust
Puccinia malvacearum is a rust fungus that galls the leaves and petioles of members of the Malvaceae family including Hollyhock and Mallows (such as Common Mallow). There is no host alternation, and only telia are produced. Numerous yellow spots occur on the upper surfaces of the leaves, whilst on the underside of the leaves and on the petioles it causes hard rounded swellings, occasionally yellowish but most often reddish brown and later powder grey.