Tree Mallow

Small tree or large bush with light pink flowers that are dark pink on the inside. Leaves are lobed and serrated. "L. maritima grows to 6 ft. The flowers are 3-6 cm across, opening very flat, and are borne in February-June (later in cooler climates), solitarily or in pairs in the leaf axils. They are usually a pale silver pink with a purple eye. The foliage has a white down consisting of stellate hairs. The leaves are suborbicular, 7cm long and 8 cm wide, with 5 shallow lobes. The fruit is a schizocarp composed of from 9-13 mericarps. The mericarps are strongly ridged, with concave dorsal faces, and sharp, denticulate, angles between the dorsal and lateral faces." - Stewart Robert Hinsley