Plants Profile for Kosteletzkya virginica (Virginia saltmarsh mallow)

General Information
Symbol:	KOVI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Malvaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, NC. Usage Requirements.

©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 523. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
KOAL2	Kosteletzkya althaeifolia (Chapm.) Rusby
KOPE2	Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb.	Virginia Fen-Rose
KOSM	Kosteletzkya smilacifolia A. Gray
KOVIA	Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) C. Presl ex A. Gray var. althaeifolia Chapm.
KOVIA2	Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) C. Presl ex A. Gray var. aquilonia Fernald

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Malvales
Family	Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus	Kosteletzkya C. Presl – kosteletzkya
Species	Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) C. Presl ex A. Gray – Virginia saltmarsh mallow

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

KOPE2 Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb.

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL