View photos of the edible and medicinal plant, Malva neglecta (Mallow), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest and the Wild Edible Series: California: Vol 1, Kansas, New Mexico: Vol 1, Oklahoma, Sonoran, Texas: Vol 1, and others.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest:

Mallow has several distinct medicinal effects practically identical to Marshmallow, Hollyhock, and Globemallow. The tea is soothing to a dry and irritating cough. Bronchial irritation present typically in the beginning or ending stages of a lung cold or bronchitis is equally soothed.

A passage from Wild Edible Plants of New Mexico (Volume 1):

Encountered throughout middle to upper elevations (4500’–8500’), Mallow will almost always be found in disturbed soils: dirt roadsides, walkway edges, old grades, fallow fields, etc.

A passage from Wild Edible Plants of Texas (Volume 1):

The leaves, being the most palatable part of Mallow, are simply eaten raw or mixed with other greens and eaten as a salad. Really though, they are better boiled or steamed.