Botany Photo of the Day Iliamna rivularis

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It had been ten years since I last knowingly encountered Iliamna rivularis, so it was a highlight for me at last weekend’s Botany British Columbia gathering in Rossland. Iliamna rivularis is also known as streambank globe-mallow, wild hollyhock, and mountain hollyhock. At 2m tall (6 ft.), it is the tallest native member of the mallow […]

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