Found from August till frost-time around dwellings and along waysides.

The lopping, large, round stalk, with many leaves, lies low upon the ground; it is slightly hairy, and green.

The large, rounding leaf is heart-shaped at the base, and is slightly lobed; the margin is notched with small round scallops, the ribs radiate from the base, and the surface is soft to the touch. The leaves, on their long, and short, rough stems (from 1 to 12 inches in length), are placed alternately. The color is a dark green.

The flower has a spreading bell-shaped corolla cut into 5 long points, with notched tips; it is in color a translucent pinky-white, faintly lined with pink. The calyx is 5-parted, and green; just beneath the calyx occur 3 line-like bracts. The flowers, on their slender foot-stems, grow from the angles of the leaves all along the stems, 3 or 4 grouped together.

The seed of this Mallow endears the plant to children by whom it is eaten under the name of “Cheeses”; it is pretty to look at, being round, and light green, and enfolded by the 5 green tips of its calyx-cup.