posted 11 years ago
a fourth vote for mallow family, which hollyhocks are very closely related to.
theres quite a few different mallows and hollyhocks, outside the most common ones.
leaves look too big to be common mallow - malva neglecta, and too wide and spreading to be common hollyhock, alcea rosea, which usually gets really tall real fast. but i am pretty sure its in that extended family.
cool thing about mallow family, including hollyhocks and hibiscus which are all related, is that every single member of the family is edible. also every single part of the plant is edible, leaves, flowers, stems, seed and root, of every mallow/hollyhock/hibiscus is edible.
not just technically edible i find the taste very pleasing, tho they are a bit gooey, but pleasantly gooey ish =)