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''Lavatera thuringiaca'', the garden tree-mallow, is a species of ''Lavatera'' native to eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from southern Germany south to Italy, and east to southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey.〔Malvaceae Pages: (Herbaceous Lavateras )〕〔Flora Europaea: (''Lavatera thuringiaca'' )〕 It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.8 m tall. The leaves are up to 9 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with three or five lobes, and downy with greyish hairs. The flowers are pink, 3–6 cm diameter, with five petals; they are produced throughout the summer.〔〔Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2〕〔Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.〕〔Könemann (2004). ''Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them''. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0〕 There are two subspecies:〔〔 *''Lavatera thuringiaca'' subsp. ''thuringiaca''. Most of the species' range, except as below. Upper leaves bluntly lobed. *''Lavatera thuringiaca'' subsp. ''ambigua'' (DC.) Nyman. Southern France, Italy, western Balkans. Upper leaves acutely lobed. ==Garden plants== Most of the popular shrubby garden cultivars traditionally listed under this species are actually hybrids between it and ''Lavatera olbia''; these hybrids are now named ''Lavatera'' × ''clementii''.〔 The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:- 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lavatera thuringiaca」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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