Share With Your Friends
How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Full Sun
6+ hours of direct sun per day
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Perennials, Herbaceous Perennial, Perennial
Lifespan
Perennial
Flower
Pale yellow with a maroon center 4"-5" in diameter. 5 petaled flowers last one day but plant blooms midsummer into fall.
Fruit
Common name muskmallow refers to the fragrant seeds.
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Pollinators
Taxonomy
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Abelmoschus
PlantStory Copyright 2025 Plant Identification Inc. All rights reserved