Althaea (U. S. P.)—Althaea.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) K. Presl ex Gray.
Engl.: Virginia saltmarsh mallow, sweat weed.
Bot. syn.: Hibiscus virginicus L., Kosteletzkya althaeifolia (Chapman) Rusby, Kosteletzkya smilacifolia Gray.
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