Stellate-hairy perennial 1–2. 5 m; lvs 1–2 dm long and wide, 5–7-lobed; pedicels 1 cm; cal-lobes triangular-ovate, 10–15 mm; pet pink-purple, 2.5–3 cm; mature carpels oblong, 8–10 mm, the thin sides glabrous, reticulate-veined near the dorsal margin; seeds finely hairy. On an island in the Kankakee R., Ill. (the original station), and near the summit of Peters Mt., Va.; local along railroads in Ind. and Va. June, July. (Sphaeralcea r.; Phymosia r.; Iliamna corei Sherff, the Va. plant)