Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Malva sylvestris L.

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Malva mauritiana L., Malva silvestris L. (sic), Malva sylvestris L. ssp. mauritiana (L.) Thellung, Malva sylvestris L. var. mauritian (L.) Boiss.

Common names:

Cheese-cake [Cheese-cake] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Cheese-cake plant (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Cheese-flower [Cheese-flower] (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Cheeses (1919) (107)

Chock-cheese (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Common mallow (1876-1900) (92, 158)

Country mallow (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Grande mauve (1900, French) (1900) (158)

High mallow (1894-Present) (3, 4, 5, 15, 50, 72, 92, 93, 107, 114, 122, 131, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Käsepappel (1900, German) (158)

Mallow [Mallows] (1840-1932) (19, 57, 85)

Malva (1876-1917) (57, 92)

Marsh mallow (1919-1923, misapplied) (107, 156)

Maul (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Mauve (1900, French) (158)

Mauve sauvage (1900, French) (158)

Pancake plant (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Pick-cheese [Pick cheese] (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Pisk-cheese (1923) (156)

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

Wladmalve (1900, German) (158)

Cluster mallow [Clustered mallow] (1942-Present) (3, 4, 50, 155)

Curled mallow (1913-1923) (5, 107, 156)

Whorled mallow (1913-1936) (5, 93, 156)

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