Malva Parviflora  

Malva parviflora L., Demons. Pl. Hort. Ups. 18.(1753) var. parvinora. Plate 198 a

Arabic Name: Khubaizza
English Name: Mallow

Annual herb with procumbent stems, 20 - 40 cm tall. Leaves with 3 - 17 cm long petioles and 2 - 5 x1 - 2 mm,
lanceolate to ovate stipules; blades orbicular in outline, usually 3 - 7-lobed, cordate, 2 - 4 x 2 - 6 cm. Flowers axillary,
usually in dense compact clusters, white, pinkish at the tips; pedicels 3 - 5 mm long, usually not visible. Epicalyx-
segments c. 3 - 4 x1 mm, linear. Calyx a little longer than epicalyx-segments, fused to the middle, accrescent and
spreading up to 1 cm in fruit. Petals equal to or shorter than calyx, retuse. Staminal-column c. 2 mm long, glabrous.
Fruit discoid, 3 - 4 mm across; mericarps 8 - 10 with raised reticulate venation on the dorsal surface, margin winged,
cach 1.5 - 2 mm across. Seeds brown to black, 1 mm across, glabrous.

Saudi Arabia: The variety is widespread

Distribution: Africa, Europe, S and S. W. Asia