Latin name: Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg
  Pronunciation: la-va-TEER-a as-er-jen-ti-FLOR-a

  Common name: Island mallow, Malva rosa
  Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
  Habitat: Rocky places, sandy flats, coastal bluffs
  below 1000', Channel Islands, naturalized at some
  sites along mainland coast, variable on the islands,
  RARE
  Blooming period: March to November
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Lavatera
  2) assurgentiflora
  NOTE: Some authorities recognize two sspp. for
  the northern and southern Channel Islands
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