MALLOW FAMILY. Malvaceae. 



. f A pretty perennial, with several leaning, 



Checker-bloom , . * 



Siddlcea hairy stems, one or two feet tall, and dark 



malvaeflora green leaves. Some plants have perfect 



pink flowers, an inch or more across, often very 



S R "f g . pale pink, and others have only rudimen- 



Cahforma 



tary stamens and smaller flowers, usually 



deep pink in color, but the plant is very variable. This is 

 common near the coast. It is sometimes called Wild 



Hollyhock. 

 Mallow This is from one to three feet tall, with 



Sidalcea Neo- 



Mexicana smooth, rather dark green leaves and very 



Pink pretty, pale purplish-pink flowers with 



Summer pale-yellow anthers and pinkish pistil. 



' a ' This grows in the mountains. 



New Mex., to 



Col., Wyo. There are many kinds of Malvastrum, 



natives of America and Africa; perennial 

 herbs or shrubs; the calyx often with three outer bracts; 

 the stamen-column bearing anthers at the top; the stig- 

 mas with round heads. The name is from the Greek, 

 meaning ' ' star-mallow. ' ' 



A very pretty desert plant, from six to 

 Malvastrum eight inches tall, the coloring of the flowers, 



rotundijdlium stems, and leaves vivid and oddly con- 

 Pink trasting, for the stems are bright red and 



pnng hairy, and the leaves stiff, hairy, and 



Southwest . !! A. 1 i 



bronze-green in color, while the lovely 



globe-shaped flowers, which are over an inch across, are 

 delicately shaded from lilac to rose outside and paler inside, 

 with conspicuous round blotches of orange-vermilion at 

 the base of each petal within. The calyx and buds are 

 very hairy, the petals each have a twist to one side, and 

 the mauve stamens form a pretty cluster in the center. 

 These flowers last a long time in water, closing at night and 

 opening again in the morning. 



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