Dichroa versicolor Fred Heutte Rose mallow is sometimes called

Rose mallow is sometimes called marsh mallow

though it remains best known to gardeners by the older name

though the plant is not emetic in ordinary use

from the Greek hyper

Dichroa versicolor Fred Heutte Rose mallow is sometimes calledThe genus name comes from the Greek dichroos, meaning "two colored," and Dichroa versicolor presses the idea further: bloom color shifts with soil chemistry much the way a hydrangea does, swinging from deep cobalt to soft mauve depending on how much aluminum a plant can draw up. The species epithet versicolor only doubles down on the point, promising a shrub that refuses to settle on a single shade. Botanically this is the close cousin of the more