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 okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

, 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 ...

'', 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 fluffy confection got its name. They are found on the ba ...

'', marsh mallow ** '' Callirhoe (plant)'', 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 f ...

'', mallow, molokia, mlukhia ** ''

Eremalche ''Eremalche'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. They are endemic to the United States desert southwest The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultu ...

'', flowering plants endemic to the US desert southwest ** '' Hibiscus'', 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 tempe ...

'', 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 temper ...

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

Places

* Mallow, Alberta, a locality in Alberta, Canada * Mallow, County Cork, 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 ...

, 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 football and hurling club based in the town of Mallow, Cork, Ireland. The club plays in Cork GAA competitions, and is part of the Avondhu divisional board. Roll of honour * Cork Senior Hurling Championship Runners-Up 192 ...

, a Gaelic football and hurling club ** Mallow railway station * Mallow, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Mallow, Virginia Mallow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country prima ...

, 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 g ...

, Maryland, United States * The Mallows, a historic home located at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York

People

Dave Mallow Dave Mallow (born October 19, 1948) is a retired American voice actor. Biography Mallow's father worked in radio and television and was a 30-year on-air veteran at Chicago's WGN. After graduating from Maine South High School, Mallow attained a B ...

(born 1948), 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. He is a two-time winner of the World Memory Championships. He studied successfully Communication Technology at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg ...

(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 English architect and landscape architect. He is considered to be part of the Arts and Craft movement in British art. Biography Mallows was born ...

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

Colin Lingwood Mallows Colin Lingwood Mallows (born 10 September 1930, Great Sampford, Essex) is an English statistician, who has worked in the United States since 1960. He is known for Mallows's Cp, Mallows's ''Cp'', a regression model diagnostic procedure, widely used ...

(1930–2023), English statistician * Phil Mallow (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 This is a list of characters in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series. Through the centuries-spanning nature of the ''Foundation'' series, the lives of its various characters are limited to one or two of its nine episodes. In spite of the great s ...

, character in the ''Foundation'' series of novels of Isaac Asimov * Prince Mallow, a playable cloud-like character in '' Super Mario RPG'', a 1996 adventure/console role-playing game

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 rakes from the town of Mallow, a town in County Cork. The song was written about the Creagh family who came from Doneraile, seven miles away. It is similar to the ...

", 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 designatio ...

, 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: ''mauve''). The first use of the word ''mauve'' as a color was in 1796–98 according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', but its use seems to have been rare befo ...

(also known as mallow), a color * Mallows's ''C_p'', in statistics, a stopping rule for stepwise regression * Malvi language, or Mallow, the language of the Malwa region of India * Marshmallow, a sweet originally made from the marsh mallow