Seashore mallow

Kosteletzkya virginica

''Kosteletzkya virginica'', the seashore 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.
Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow At SERC This is a picture of the seed pod of a Kosteletzkya virginica at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, Maryland. Geotagged,Kosteletzkya virginica,SERC,Seashore mallow,Smithsonian Environmental Research Center,United States,Winter

Appearance

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. 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. It is occasionally planted in gardens.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderMalvales
FamilyMalvaceae
GenusKosteletzkya
SpeciesK. virginica