Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Spain with small tubular flowers that

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

it grows on rocky mountainous slopes and outcrops

The inflorescence

and small stature

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