Biology:Kosteletzkya virginica
| Seashore mallow | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Kosteletzkya |
| Species: | K. virginica
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| Binomial name | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica K. Presl ex Gray
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Kosteletzkya virginica, the seashore mallow, sweat weed, Virginia saltmarsh mallow, or salt marsh mallow, is an herb found in marshes along the eastern seashore of the United States . This flowering plant is in family Malvaceae of the order Malvales. The pink-flowered seashore mallow is both a perennial and a halophyte, or salt-tolerant plant, that grows in areas where other plants cannot. The plant can grow to above 1 metre in height, the leaves are 6–14 cm long, cordate to lanceolate with toothed margins. The stems and leaves are hairy.[1] Flowers are 5–8 cm across, with 5 petals surrounding a tube consisting of the fused stamens and style. It blooms from July to October with pale to deep pink flowers.[2] It is occasionally planted in gardens.
References
- ↑ Ed Weislo. "Florida Wildflowers". Florida's Nature. http://www.floridasnature.com/florida_herbs_2.htm#Salt%20Marsh%20Mallow.
- ↑ Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 150. ISBN 0807855979.
External links
- A handpainted illustration
- "Kosteletzkya virginica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21655.
Wikidata ☰ Q11687379 entry
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