Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Spain it grows on rocky mountainous

it grows on rocky mountainous slopes and outcrops

The inflorescence

a whole new market

each highlighted by a dark purple stripe down the back center of each petal and a very dark purple lip surrounding a yellow throat

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Spain it grows on rocky mountainous(aka: Kosteletzkya pentacarpos) Named for the Bohemian botanist V. F. Kosteletzky, this fabulous, upright native (Virginia to Mississippi) perennial mallow, similar to lavatera, emerges from dormancy in late spring and the thick stems quickly zoom to 5' tall. Each kosteletzkya stem is clothed with fuzzy, light green, hibiscus like leaves. In midsummer, sea shore mallow is clothed with hundreds of 2" clear pink hibiscus like flowers. Sea shore mallow