Mallow or mallows may refer to:

Nature

Malvaceae Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

, a family of plants; in particular the following genera: ** ''

Abelmoschus ''Abelmoschus'' is a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae), native to tropical Africa, Asia and northern Australia. It was formerly included within ''Hibiscus'', but is now classified as a distinct g ...

'', a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants ** ''

Althaea (plant) ''Althaea'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It includes ''Althaea officinalis'', also known as the marshmallow plant, whence the Marshmallow, fluffy confection got its name. They are fou ...

'', marsh mallow ** ''

Callirhoe (plant) ''Callirhoe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Its nine species are commonly known as poppy mallows and all are native to the prairies and grasslands of North America. Of the nine species, some are annuals while o ...

'', poppy mallow ** ''

Corchorus ''Corchorus'' is a genus of about 40–100 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Different common names are used in different contexts, with jute applying to the fi ...

'', mallow, molokia, mlukhia ** '' Eremalche'', flowering plants endemic to the US desert southwest ** ''

Hibiscus ''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising List of Hibiscus species, several hundred species that are Native plant, native to warm temperate, Subtropics, subtropical ...

'', rosemallow ** ''

Kosteletzkya ''Kosteletzkya'' is a genus of the plant family Malvaceae that includes the seashore mallow (''K. pentacarpos''). It includes about 27 species found worldwide. Although similar in appearance to ''Hibiscus'', ''Kosteletzkya'' typically bears mor ...

'', seashore mallow ** ''

Lavatera ''Malva'' is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temp ...

'', tree mallow or rose mallow ** ''

Malacothamnus ''Malacothamnus'' (bushmallow) is a genus of shrubs found throughout much of mainland California and on three of the Channel Islands. Outside of California, ''Malacothamnus'' is known from the northern half of Baja California and from a few disju ...

'', bush-mallow ** ''

Malva ''Malva'' is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae. It is one of several closely related genera in the family to bear the common English name mallow. The genus is widespread throughout the temp ...

'', mallow ** ''

Malvaviscus ''Malvaviscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. Common names for species in this genus include Turk's cap mallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus, and mazapan. It belongs to a group of genera that differ from ...

'', Turk's cap mallow, wax mallow ** ''

Sidalcea ''Sidalcea'' is a genus (approx. 25 species) of the botanical family Malvaceae. It contains several species of flowering plants known generally as checkerblooms or checkermallows, or prairie mallows in the United Kingdom. They can be annuals or ...

'', Greek mallow, chequer-mallow ** ''

Sphaeralcea ''Sphaeralcea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae). There are about 40-60 species, including annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Most originate in the drier regions of North America, with some known from South America. ...

'', globemallow *Insects: ** '' Larentia clavaria'', mallow, species of moth ** Mallow skipper, butterfly

Places

* Mallow, Alberta, a locality in Alberta, Canada *

Mallow, County Cork Mallow (; ) is a town in County Cork, Ireland, approximately thirty-five kilometres north of Cork (city), Cork City. Mallow is in a townland and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name, in the Fermoy (barony), barony of Fermoy. ...

, a town in the Republic of Ireland **

Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Mallow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800 and was incorporated by Charter of 1613, with a further charter of 1689. It was a manor borough, the franchise being vested in the freeholders of the manor and the r ...

, 1613–1800 **

Mallow (UK Parliament constituency) Mallow was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. The constituency lasted until ...

, 1801–1885 **

Mallow GAA Mallow GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the town of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. The club fields teams in hurling,Gaelic football,Camogie and Ladies Gaelic Football ( LGFA). The club's hurling team currently competes in the ...

, a Gaelic football and hurling club **

Mallow railway station Mallow railway station is an Ireland, Irish station on the Dublin-Cork railway line, Mallow–Tralee line, Mallow-Tralee railway line and Cork Suburban Rail (Cork Kent railway station, Cork Kent, Cobh railway station, Cobh and Midleton railway ...

Mallow, Iran Mellu-e Olya (, also Romanized as Mellū-e ‘Olyā; also known as Mellū-e Bālā, Mallow, and Mallū) is a village in Zam Rural District, Pain Jam District, Torbat-e Jam County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Isl ...

, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Mallow, Virginia Mallow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 671. Demographics Mallow first appeared as a census designat ...

, United States *

Mallows Bay Mallows Bay is a small bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The bay is the location of what is regarded as the "largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere" and is described as a "ship ...

, Maryland, United States *

The Mallows The Mallows, also known as Alida Chanler Emmet and Christopher Temple Emmet Estate, is a historic home located at Head of the Harbor, New York, United States. It is a Colonial Revival estate home designed in 1906 by architect Charles A. Plat ...

, a historic home located at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York

People

Dave Mallow Dave Mallow (October 19, 1948 – March 11, 2025) was an American voice actor. Life and career Mallow was born on October 19, 1948. His father worked in radio and television and was a 30-year on-air veteran at Chicago's WGN. After graduating ...

(1948–2025), U.S. voice actor, also known as Colin Phillips *

Johannes Mallow Johannes Mallow (born June 7, 1981 Brandenburg an der Havel) is a German memory sportsman. Along with his post-split title in the IAM event in 2018, a disputed one where he would have ranked outside top 5 in the event both World events’ scores we ...

(born 1981), German memory-sports competitor *

Charles Edward Mallows Charles Edward Mallows FRIBA (5 May 1864 – 2 June 1915), often known as C. E. Mallows, was an England, English architect and landscape architect. He is considered to be part of the Arts and Crafts movement, Arts and Craft movement in British a ...

(1864–1915), English architect and landscape architect *

Colin Lingwood Mallows Colin Lingwood Mallows (10 September 1930 – 4 November 2023) was an English statistician, who worked in the United States from 1960. He was known for Mallows's ''Cp'', a regression model diagnostic procedure, widely used in regression analy ...

(1930–2023), English statistician *

Phil Mallow Phil Mallow (born July 6, 1957) is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Early and personal life Born July 6, 1957, in Cumberland, Maryland, Mallow earned a degree in quality control technology from A ...

(born 1957), American politician

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Mallow, cook and one of the Trial Captains of Akala Island in '' Pokémon Sun & Moon'' *

Hober Mallow Hober Mallow is a fictional character in the ''Foundation'' series by Isaac Asimov. In the 1944 novella " The Big and the Little", he is a Master Trader for the Foundation who pioneers the use of commerce to increase the Foundation's power and ...

, character in the ''Foundation'' series of novels of Isaac Asimov * Prince Mallow, a playable cloud-like character in ''

Super Mario RPG ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' is a 1996 role-playing video game developed by Square (video game company), Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was the final ''Mario (franchise) ...

'', a 1996 adventure/console role-playing game * Mallow, a character from

Oggy Oggy ''Oggy Oggy'' is a French preschool computer-animated television series created by Jean Cayrol and Cédric Guarneri, and produced by Xilam with the participation of France Televisions. It is a spin-off prequel to ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'', base ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Mallows, a toy line by Shocker Toys * "

Rakes of Mallow "The Rakes of Mallow" is a traditional Irish song and polka. The song is about the Rake (character), rakes from the town of Mallow, County Cork, Mallow, a town in County Cork. The song was written about the Creagh family who came from Doneraile, se ...

", a traditional Irish song and polka

Transportation

Beriev Be-10 The Beriev Be-10, also known as Izdelye M, (NATO reporting name: Mallow) was a twin engined, turbojet powered, flying-boat, patrol bomber built by the Soviet Union from 1955. The Be-10 is sometimes referred to as the M-10, though this designa ...

, Soviet jet-engined flying boat (NATO reporting name "Mallow") * HMS ''Mallow'' * (later HMAS ''Mallow''), sloop launched in 1915 * , corvette from World War II

Other uses

Mauve Mauve ( ; ) is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower (French: ). The first use of the word ''mauve'' as a color was in 1796–1798 according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. ...

(also known as mallow), a color * Mallows's ''C_p'', in statistics, a stopping rule for stepwise regression *

Malvi language Malvi or Malwi (माळवी भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Malwa region of India. It is a dialect of Rajasthani language. Writing system In India, Malvi is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida which is wr ...

, or Mallow, the language of the Malwa region of India *

Marshmallow Marshmallow (, ) is a confectionery made from sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a solid-but-soft consistency. It is used as a filling in baking or molded into shapes and coated with corn starch. This sugar confection is inspired by a medicina ...

, a sweet originally made from the marsh mallow