Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Malva rotundifolia L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Malva pusilla Sm.

Common names:

Blue mallow (1876-1930) (5, 92, 106, 156, 157, 158)

Buttonweed [Button-weed] (1923) (156)

Cheese plant (1892) (73)

Cheese-flower (1923) (156)

Cheeses (1892-1937) (5, 62, 73, 80, 92, 97, 156)

Cheese's running mallow (1899, SD) (131)

Cheesetts (1896, Oxford Co. ME) (76)

Common mallow (1895-1986) (3, 4, 5, 15, 80, 145, 156, 157, 158)

Common maul (1900) (158)

Common maws (1900) (158)

Country mallow (1900-1930) (5, 106, 156, 157, 158)

Creeping charley (1912, IN) (62)

Doll-cheese [Doll cheeses] (1900-1930, from shape of seed pods) (5, 106, 156, 157, 158)

Dutch cheese [Dutch-cheese] (1900-1930 from shape of seed pods) (5, 106, 156, 157, 158)

Dwarf mallow (1895-1929) (5, 15, 85, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Fairy-cheese [Fairy cheeses, Fairy-cheeses] (1900-1930) (5, 106, 156, 157, 158)

Kässekraut (1900, German) (158)

Low mallow (1840-Present) (5, 19, 50, 62, 92, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Low maul (1900) (158)

Low maws (1900) (158)

Malice (1893-1923, Ferrisburgh VT, verbal corruption) (5, 74, 156, 158)

Mallow [Mallows, Mallowes] (1649-1929, accidentally introduced by 1671, Josselyn) (46, 107, 114, 157, 158)

Pancake-plant (1923) (156)

Pellas (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Petite Mauve (1900, French) (158)

Round-leaf mallow [Round-leaved mallow] (1907-1913) (62, 72)

Running mallow (1900-1942) (93, 95, 155, 156, 157, 158)