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Malva parviflora

L.

الخباز

Saudi Nature ↗

Botanical profile & classification

Malva parviflora belongs to genus Malva and family Malvaceae.

Leaf margin
lobed
Source habitat
wadis, fields
Flower colour
white, violet, pink
Saudi Nature ↗
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Malva
Growth form recorded by Kew
annual
Native range recorded by Kew
Macaronesia, Medit. to Pakistan and Sahara
Kew / POWO ↗

Conservation & endemism

Endemic to Saudi Arabia
No; Kew native range extends outside Saudi Arabia
IUCN · global assessment
Not yet documented in this portal
Saudi national assessment
Not yet documented in this portal

Genetic resources

ResourceAvailabilityDocumented publication
DNA barcodeAvailableAvailable
Complete plastomeAvailableAvailable
Specimen from outside Saudi Arabia

JQ412263.1

matK · South Africa: Western Cape, Cape Town, Robben Island

GenBank · JQ412263.1 ↗
Specimen from outside Saudi Arabia

MK860036.1

بلاستيد كامل · Pakistan

Abdullah, Mehmood,F., Shahzadi,I., Ali,Z., Islam,M., Naeem,M., Mirza,B., Lockhart,P.J., Ahmed,I. and Waheed,M.T. Correlations among oligonucleotide repeats, nucleotide substitutions, and insertion-deletion mutations in chloroplast genomes of plant family Malvaceae. J Syst Evol (2020) In press

GenBank · MK860036.1 ↗

Names & references

Malva parviflora var. microcarpa · Malva parviflora var. microcarpa (Desf.) Paol.

DOI · 10.34885/egs6-cp24 ↗ Saudi flora checklist ↗
An Illustrated Guide to the Flowers of Saudi Arabia

Sheila Collenette · 1985

PDF pages: 18, 361, 367, 516

Malva parviflora

Flora of Saudi Arabia, 3rd edition, Volume 1: Cryptogams and Dicotyledons, Equisetaceae to Neuradaceae

Ahmad Mohammad Migahid · 1988

PDF pages: 108, 109, 242, 249

M. parviflora · Malva parviflora

Weeds of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula

Shaukat Ali Chaudhary and Muhammad Akram · 1987

PDF pages: 228

Malva parviflora

النباتات البرية في وادي العقيق، الوادي المبارك – المدينة المنورة

هيئة تطوير منطقة المدينة المنورة · 1441 هـ / 2020 م

PDF pages: 234

Malva parviflora

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Saudi Flora & Genomes (2026). Malva parviflora L.. WCVP 2503517. https://saudifloragenomes.org/plant/2503517/ (Accessed: 2026-11-07).

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