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Definition of False mallow
1. Noun. Genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits.
Generic synonyms: Mallow
Group relationships: Genus Sphaeralcea, Sphaeralcea
Specialized synonyms: Malvastrum Coccineum, Prairie Mallow, Red False Mallow, Sphaeralcea Coccinea
2. Noun. An American plant of the genus Malvastrum.
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Mallow
Literary usage of False mallow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"These little plants are very abundant in and near the Yosemite Valley, where they
make bright beds of color in midsummer. false mallow. ..."
2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"false mallow. Malvaceae. Name altered from Malya. Syn. ... (Pursh) A. Gray of
western prairies is called Bed false mallow, also Moss Rose*. ..."
3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"... false mallow of the southwestern corner of the state, the glade-mallow, a rare
plant of the southwestern .section, and the halberd-leafed rose-mallow, ..."
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