Malvastrum lateritium
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Malvastrum lateritium, Nichols. (Malva lateritia, Hook.). Prostrate, hirsute, 6 in.: lvs. 3-5-lobed, truncate at base, the lobes cuneate to broad-oblong: fls. long-peduncled, solitary, brick-red; calyx-lobes ovate and spreading; involucel of 3 ovate bracts; petals round-cuneate, yellow at the base. S. Amer. B.M. 3846.—Malva lateritia is offered in England where the root is said to be hardy in ordinary winters, producing "very pretty peach colored" fls. Useful for covering dry banks in the sun.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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