Alcea rosea L.

MALVACEAE

- Mallow family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Alcea rosea L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 687 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Hollyhock

English name: hollyhock

Spanish name: vara de San José

French name: rose trémière

Italian name: Malvarosa

German name: Stockrose

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Biennial, Perennial

Synonyms:
= Alcea ficifolia L.
= Althaea rosea (L.) Cav.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Alcea
Species:

Page counter: 1105 ( AVG: 222.31 / 291.376 )

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Alcea rosea
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, centro città, Civico Orto Botanico, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Alcea rosea
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Alcea rosea
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto Botanico., PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Alcea rosea
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Brentonico, Orto Botanico, TN, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Alcea rosea
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Monaco di Baviera, Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg ., Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Alcea rosea

Alcea rosea
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Alcea rosea
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Alcea rosea

Alcea rosea
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Alcea rosea

Alcea rosea
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Città di Monaco di Baviera, Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg ., Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Alcea rosea
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Alcea rosea

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (MB, NB, ON, QC)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Alchemilla acutidens Buser p.p. [141]
2) Alchemilla alpestris auct. non F.W. Schmidt [130]
3) Alchemilla alpina L. [622]
4) Alchemilla connivens Buser var. wichurae Buser [145]
5) Alchemilla glabra Neyngenfind [332]
6) Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm. [1296]
7) Alchemilla sericata Rchb. [594]
8) Alchemilla vulgaris L. var. pastoralis (Buser) B. Boivin [159]
9) Alectoria abbreviata (Müll. Arg.) R. Howe [121]
10) Alectoria canadensis Mot. [141]

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