Plant-Name Dictionary
Mallow — names in 29 European languages
Malva sylvestris
| Language | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Български Bulgarian | Горски слез |
| Hrvatski Croatian | Crni sljez |
| Čeština Czech | sléz lesní |
| Dansk Danish | Almindelig katost |
| Nederlands Dutch | Groot kaasjeskruid |
| English English | Common mallow Blue mallow, Cheeses, Common Mallow, Mallow Flowers, Tree Mallow, forest mallow, garden mallow, High mallow, High Malva, Large flowered mallow, purple mallow, tall mallow |
| Eesti Estonian | mets-kassinaeris |
| Suomi Finnish | kiiltomalva |
| Français French | Grande mauve mauve des bois, mauve d’Alger, mauve sauvage, Mauve sylvestre, mauve-verte |
| Deutsch German | Wilde Malve Große Käsepappel |
| Ελληνικά Greek | Μολόχα |
| Magyar Hungarian | Erdei mályva |
| Gaeilge Irish | Lus na Meall Muire Hocas |
| Italiano Italian | Malva selvatica |
| Lietuvių Lithuanian | Miškinė dedešva |
| Polski Polish | Ślaz dziki |
| Português Portuguese | malva malva-alta, malva-das-boticas, malva-das-hortas, malva-de-banho, malva-de-botica, malva-de-casa, malva-grande, malva-maior, malva-rosa, malva-selvagem, malva-silvestre, malva-verde, malva-vulgar, rosa-chinesa, rosa-marinha |
| Română Romanian | Nalbă Nalbă de pădure |
| Slovenčina Slovak | slez lesný |
| Slovenščina Slovenian | Gozdni slezenovec |
| Español Spanish | Malva de campo |
| Svenska Swedish | rödmalva |
| Русский Russian | Мальва лесная mal'va lesnaja, prosvirnik lesnoj, Просвирник лесной |
| Українська Ukrainian | Калачики лісові |
| Norsk Norwegian | legekattost lækjekattost |
| Српски Serbian | Црни слез |
| Bosanski Bosnian | Crni sljez |
| Català Catalan | Malva major Malva comuna |
| Türkçe Turkish | Büyük ebegümeci Ebegümeci |
How these names are verified. Each name is drawn from authoritative botanical databases (GBIF vernacular names, Catalogue of Life, EPPO, Wikidata) and published only when confirmed by a curated authority or two independent sources — never machine-translated.