Plant Gardens 101

Mallow family
Malvaceae
Mal’va. Mallow . About 30 species of widely distributed herbs, several grown for ornament, but some rather weedy.

Description
Leaves alternate, usually angled, lobed, or dissected. Flowers mostly in the leaf axils, solitary or clustered, most with 2 or 3 involucre-like bracts beneath them. Calyx united, but 5-cleft. Petals 5, with a notch at the tip, mostly pink or white.

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Daisy family
Compositae
Ma-tri-cay’ri-a. An Old World genus of about 35 species, closely related to Chrysanthemum , with which it is often confused.

Description
Leaves finely cut, often strong-scented. Flowers in heads, the disk flowers yellow, the rays white or lacking.

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