Thanks for the quick reply. The flowers are exactly alike. I think the leaves look different though. Does that matter? I'm going to check tomorrow and take a picture. I'm so excited to look up the malva sylvestris
I agree!ha :D and looking through more websites about malva sylvestris..I believe it resembels the var. Zebrina aka Striped Mallow and Zebrina Hollyhock. Thanks so much people! jen
here's a few more pictures, but we've got it figured out anyways right? I didn't plant the seeds (in the ground) till July. plus they are 7 or 8 years old and I've just been storing them in a glass jar.