Kosteletzkya virginica

Kosteletzkya virginica

taxobox
name = Seashore mallow



regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
genus = "Kosteletzkya"
species = "K. virginica"
binomial = "Kosteletzkya virginica"
binomial_authority = K. Presl ex Gray|

Seashore mallow ("Kosteletzkya virginica") also known as Sweat weed or Virginia saltmarsh mallow, and 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. Researcher John Gallagher describes the pink-flowered seashore mallow as both a perennial and a halophyte, or salt-tolerant plant, that grows in areas where other crops can’t

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* [http://digi.azz.cz/Book001/images/Hibiscus_virginicus_0142.jpgA handpainted illustration]
*ITIS|ID=21655
*http://makeshiftblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/university-of-delaware-researcher-says-seeds-from-salt-tolerant-plant-a-promising-source-of-biodiesel/


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