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Cheeseweed–The Common Mallows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich
Larry W. Mitich*
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Dep. Bot., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616
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Because of its dissipated appearance and enormous profusion on waysides and in vacant lots during northern California winters, mallow (Malva spp.) is one of the last uncultivated herbs I would have considered eating. My mistake. Several species of weedy Malva have been used interchangeably for food, tea, and medicine for thousands of years–among them little mallow (Malva parviflora L. ♯3 MALPA), common mallow (M. neglecta Wallr. ♯ MALNE), round-leaf mallow (M. rotundifolia L.), and high mallow (M. sylvestris L. ♯ MALSI).

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Intriguing World of Weeds
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Weed Technology , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 693 - 695
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 Weed Science Society of America 

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