Before I knew creeping mallow was edible I cursed it because it forms a matt, putting down roots at the Creeping mallow flower, ‘cheese’ seeds and leaf nodes (where the leaves come out of the stem) and it can grow a metre out from the base and so is very hard to get out. I The common mallow is consumed frequently in Turkey (Ozbucak, Kutbay, & Akcin, 2006). The plant is totally edible, its leaves can be used as a substitute for lettuce and are an excellent source of vitamins A and C, calcium and iron. Worldwide there are some 160 species in the genus with several being used for food in various ways among them Abutilon guineense and Abutilon megapotamicum. The edible plants are also few and far between, sometimes a half a mile or more whereas in an old city park one can often find a half-a-dozen edible within a square yard. Flowers large, showy, purple with dark veins. In Australia, the most common Mallow is Malva silvestris ( tall mallow), M. neglecta ( dwarf mallow) and the impressive M. parviflora (small flowering mallow) is wide-spread throughout the continent, including arid inland and the tropics.. You are bound to find mallow in your neighbourhood if not your gard Mallow One of the earliest plants cited in literature, the Mallow, or scientifically referred to as “ Malva ”, is a low growing weed with a deep fleshy tap root. Called Malvaceae, the Mallow family includes okra, cottons and hibiscus, and you can certainly see the resemblance in the mallow … Excellent cutflower. Bright-green… Mallow or malva is a broad leaf plant, which is one of the reasons it makes a great one to harvest as a wild edible because you only need to pick about 10 or so for a meal-sized handful. While scouting Lake Woodruff Wildlife Refuge for a suitable foraging class site an odd plant presented itself under the bird observation tower — read a plant that follows man’s feet rather than traveling solely by nature. Mallow grows all over the world, naturalised species in all continents. The leaves can be used as an attractive garnish, or sautéed with oil, salt, and vinegar. The seeds are also edible (Malva Neglecta, n.d.). Marsh Mallow – the Prodigal Weed Wild edible and medicinal, the mallow plant, after which the marshmallow treat was named, comes from a large family of mallows. Family: Mallow (Malvaceae) Hardy to Zones 4 to 8 (High Mallow, Tall Mallow) Herbaceous biennial or perennial to 3 feet, native to Europe and Asia. Even though the plant has edible seeds — young seeds taste similar to sunflower seeds — it ends up on the bottom of surveyed edible species in China because there are better alternatives.