An infusion of the leaves and flowers is used as an emollient in place of Mallows.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
"Ripe berries from the olive bough, Mallows and endives, be my fare.
"Horace and His Influence"
Grant Showerman
I found two Mallows, two or three thistles, one with a head like our Melancholy thistle, but the commonest was one with white lines on the leaf.
"The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde""
George Davidson