Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Spain with small tubular flowers that

with small tubular flowers that line the upper 1' of each stem

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

that also describes most of the guys at the local saloon on Saturday night

clothed in green leaves which are heavily spotted yellow

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Spain with small tubular flowers that(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