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Malva neglecta

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Malva neglecta Wallr.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Malva vulgaris Fr. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Malva rotundifolia L. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (22). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 37 traits from 64 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1); schizocarp (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_Dun_20221722L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
RBGV_20231317VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231011N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200622A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.