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Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb.
Virginia saltmarsh mallow

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and southern United States and Cuba; Old World (Europe).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) K. Presl ex Gray.

Other data on Kosteletzkya pentacarpos available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos has been found in the following 58 conservation areas :
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Reported
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Holey Land Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area		Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Kiplinger	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Matanzas Pass Preserve	Present	Native
Miramar Pineland	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okeeheelee Park	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Jog Environmental Sciences Center	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos has been found in the following 10 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native