Native to the coastal marshes of the eastern United States, Kosteletzkya virginica (Seashore Mallow) is an erect, branching perennial or subshrub boasting an abundance of hibiscus-like rosy pink flowers, 3 in. across (7 cm), adorned with a central column of yellow stamens.

Kosteletzkya virginica, commonly called seashore mallow, is an erect, branching, herbaceous perennial or subshrub that typically grows to 3-4’ tall often with coarsely hairy foliage. It is noted for its small hibiscus-like pink flowers that bloom from late June to September.

Seashore mallow lights up the salt and brackish marshes of the Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay shores of Virginia in summer with its rosy pink parade of 2-3-inch blooms from July to September or even October.

It grows 3 to 6 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide with soft gray green angular leaves. The beautiful hibiscus-like pink flowers appear from July to October with their nectar attracting pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies. Use this plant along ditches, ponds and streams, in rain gardens and for native/pollinator gardens in moist soil.

Kosteletzkya virginica is a Wildflower that also known as the Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow, Virginia Fen-rose, Seashore Mallow or Salt Marsh-mallow is a wildflower native to the USA.

Kosteletzkya. spp. are native to Malay Archipelago, Madagascar, Africa, southern Europe, Caribbean, North America, and South America. Virginia saltmarsh mallow is the only species of the genus with a natural range that covers a large area of North America (Shetler, 2003).

Kosteletzkya pentacarpos, the seashore mallow, also known as the saltmarsh mallow, sweat weed, Virginia saltmarsh mallow, or hibiscus à cinq carpelles, is an herb found in marshes along the eastern seashore of North America, parts of coastal Southern Europe, southwestern Russia, and Western Asia.

Kosteletzkya virginica ("Virginian") was first described by Linnaeus in 1753 as a species of Hibiscus, but in 1835 the Czech physician-botanist Carl Presl transferred it to the new genus Kosteletzkya, named for the Bohemian medical botanist Vincenz Franz Kosteletzky (1801-1887). Other vernacular names used for the seashore mallow are seaside ...

As the weather cools and the days shorten, seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica, pronounced Kost-el-LETS-kee-uh) is just getting started, blooming now through the first frost. This native perennial is one of the last to emerge each year—long after other species have come and gone—but its profusion of silver-green, maple-like leaves and ...

Grows by rhizomes in brackish marshes, in shallow water around the edges of ponds, or moist garden soil. Lives only 5 years so let some seeds sprout for replacement plants. Flowers close at night. Salt tolerant. Often used for ecological restoration in wetlands. Propagation: seed, softwood cutting. Blooms June-October.