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Alcea is a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe. [1] The single species of hollyhock from the Americas, the streambank wild hollyhock , belongs to a different genus.
Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. [2] William Turner, a herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.
Malvaceae. Genus: Malva. Species: M. alcea. Binomial name. Malva alcea. L. Malva alcea ( greater musk-mallow, cut-leaved mallow, vervain mallow or hollyhock mallow) is a plant in the mallow family native to southwestern, central and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to southern Sweden and east to Russia and Turkey.
Alcea setosa. Alcea setosa, the bristly hollyhock, [2] is an ornamental plant in the family Malvaceae . The bristly hollyhock is native to the Levant: ranging from Crete, Turkey, Lebanon and Syria to the botanical region of Palestine (including Israel and Jordan ). [1] The part above ground of the plant withers and dies in the summer.
Alcea digitata, the fingered hollyhock, is a tall hollyhock with large flowers native to the Middle East. Description [ edit ] A medium to tall (up to 3 m), hairy hollyhock with large, pinkish, or pale flowers (petals to 50 mm).
Puccinia malvacearum, also known as hollyhock or mallow rust, is a fungal species within the genus Puccinia known for attacking members of the family Malvaceae. An autoecious pathogen, it can complete its life cycle using a single host. It was originally found on the leaves of a species of Malva in Chile. [3]
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