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|species=lateritium
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Malvastrum lateritium, Nichols. (Malva lateritia, Hook.). Prostrate, hirsute, 6 in.: lvs. 3-5-lobed, truncate at base, the lobes cuneate to broad-oblong: fls. long-peduncled, solitary, brick-red; calyx-lobes ovate and spreading; involucel of 3 ovate bracts; petals round-cuneate, yellow at the base. S. Amer. B.M. 3846.—Malva lateritia is offered in England where the root is said to be hardy in ordinary winters, producing "very pretty peach colored" fls. Useful for covering dry banks in the sun.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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