Anyone know what this plant is?

[Squash64]

Does anyone know what this plant is please?
My friend gave me the woody root, which has now sprouted some leaves.  She says it has a nice flower a bit similar to gypsophila.



This is a close-up of the leaves

[Squash64]

[ACE]

Looks like a battered  clump of hollyhock. Unless it is leathery and shiney then it might be acanthus.

[saddad]

 ??? looks like hollyhocks to me too...  :-\

[Squash64]

No, it's definitely not hollyhock because my friend would have known that one!  It's something more unusual from what she told me.

[ceres]

Lavatera?

[davee52uk]

Mallow?

[Squash64]

Thanks everyone for your ideas but I've found out now what it is.
It's Crambe - not a plant I'd ever heard of before.  It grows tall and spreads out so I've planted it in completely the wrong place just next to a path.

[Robert_Brenchley]

You mean seakale, Crambe maritima?

[Squash64]

You mean seakale, Crambe maritima?

We googled Crambe and my friend recognised it as Cordifolia.