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Malva parviflora
cheeseweed mallow
As recorded: Malva parviflora L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Munro, G.C.
- Collector number
- 398
- Date
- April 15, 1929
- Locality
- Kaa
- Island
- Lānaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8639, -156.9647 ± 3,539 m
- Elevation
- 518 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On April 15, 1929, Munro, G.C. also collected 7 other specimens.
Still here: Malva parviflora observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-07-09.

2024-07-09
Hawaii, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-22
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Malva parviflora. BISH 57768. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956614890. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/57768.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956614890 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
