- Lavatera thuringiaca
taxobox
name = "Lavatera thuringiaca"
image_caption = "Lavatera thuringiaca" cultivated atUppsala
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Malvales
familia =Malvaceae
genus = "Lavatera "
species = "L. thuringiaca"
binomial = "Lavatera thuringiaca"
binomial_authority = L.|"Lavatera thuringiaca" is a species of "
Lavatera " native to easternEurope and southwesternAsia , from southernGermany south toItaly , and east to southernRussia ,Kazakhstan , andTurkey .Malvaceae Pages: [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Lavatera/herbaceous.html Herbaceous Lavateras] ] Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Lavatera&SPECIES_XREF=thuringiaca&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= "Lavatera thuringiaca"] ]It is a
herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.8 m tall. The leaves are up to 9 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with three or five lobes, and downy with greyish hairs. Theflower s are pink, 3–6 cm diameter, with five petals; they are produced throughout the summer.Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). "Flora of Britain and Northern Europe". ISBN 0-340-40170-2] Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.] Könemann (2004). "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them". ISBN 3-8331-1253-0]There are two
subspecies :
*"Lavatera thuringiaca" subsp. "thuringiaca". Most of the species' range, except as below. Upper leaves bluntly lobed.
*"Lavatera thuringiaca" subsp. "ambigua" (DC.) Nyman. Southern France, Italy, western Balkans. Upper leaves acutely lobed.Most of the popular shrubby garden
cultivar s traditionally listed under this species are actually hybrids between it and "Lavatera olbia "; these hybrids are now named "Lavatera × clementii ".References
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