Seashore mallow
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| Kosteletzkya virginica K. Presl ex Gray |
Seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) also known as Sweat weed or Virginia saltmarsh mallow, and Salt Marsh Mallow is an herb found in marshes along the eastern seashore of the United States. This flowering plant is in family Malvaceae of the order Malvales. Researcher John Gallagher describes the pink-flowered seashore mallow as both a perennial and a halophyte, or salt-tolerant plant, that grows in areas where other crops can’t
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- TSN 21655. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- http://makeshiftblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/university-of-delaware-researcher-says-seeds-from-salt-tolerant-plant-a-promising-source-of-biodiesel/
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