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Common Mallow

Malva neglecta

Photo by HemaShah
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37.8944, -122.036

Field Notes

Habitat:

stream.

Species ID Suggestions

Common mallow

malva neglecta

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drP
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Comments (6)
drP
Hemma, I've hiked on Mt. Diablo, but I'm from San Francisco/South San Francisco. My friend moved from SF to Walnut Creek, but I don't know what high school he went to.
HemaShah
Dr P, Did you go to Northgate High School? Did you hike on Mt Diablo?
drP
The ID suggestion is based on a couple of assumptions about the size of the flower and leaves. If it's not M. neglecta, is something else in the mallow family (Malvaceae). Calflora says it has been spotted in Contra Costa county (as a kid, I'd visit my best friend in Walnut Creek every summer).
drP
If you come across this again, can you get a picture of the leaves, including whether they have opposite or alternate arrangement?

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Wild Flowers Of Mt Diablo and surrounding open space
Photographed
PublishedMarch 15, 2013

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