Marsh Mallow

Description

Gray-velvety-pubescent perennial herb reaching 4' or more in height. Leaves broadly ovate to ovate, unlobed or shallowly 3- to 5-lobed; flowers solitary or clustered in the leaf axils, shorter than thesubtending leaf, bluish to pale rose, 1" to 2" across, calyx lobes clasping the fruit; mericarps pubescent,smooth, thin-walled.