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Marsh-mallow

 
Marsh-mallow on the shore of the
 
Fleet, Dorset
 
 
Pink and white flowers, grey-green leaves
 
 
Petals with clefts, staminal tube and anthers
 
 
Stamen branchlets with anthers
 
 
Joined styles and linear stigmas
 
above stamens
 
 
Close-up of styles, stigmas, anthers
 
and staminal tube
 
 
Side view- petals and velvety sepals
 
and epicalyx
 
 
Calyx curled over the fruit
 
 
Soft, velvety, 5- lobed leaf
 
 
Upper leaf - folded like a fan