Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledebour
Detail
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Botanical Name
- Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledebour
- Common Name
- Seashore Mallow, Salt Marsh Mallow
- Synonym(s)
- Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) K. Presl ex Gray
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledebour
- Comments
- Northern and southern varieties named by Fernald have been found to represent extremes in variation along a continuous latitudinal cline. See Blanchard in Novon 18 (2008) and Alexander, S.N. 2010. A subspecific revision of North American saltmarsh mallow, Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb. Master’s thesis, George Mason University, Fairfax (VA).
- Habitat
- Oligohaline to occasionally freshwater or mesohaline tidal marshes. Common in the lower estuarine zones of the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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