Alcea rosea
Hollyhock, Rose Mallow, Garden Hollyhock, Common Hollyhock, Hollyhoch, Black Hollyhock, Holly Hock, Alcea rosea, Althaea rosea
Description
A perennial ornamental herbaceous plant with an upright habit, up to 2.00 metres high; appreciated for its spectacular and impressive blossoms that lend spectacularity to gardens and terraces from mid-summer to mid-autumn with a profusion of peoniform flowers in vibrant colours and gathered in spiky inflorescences. During the winter period it tends to shed its aerial part only to reappear in spring. Highly rustic, it prefers full sun exposures.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Alcea
- Species
- Alcea rosea
Synonyms (15)
- Alcea annua
- Alcea cretica
- Alcea microchiton
- Althaea caribaea
- Althaea chinensis
- Althaea coromandeliana
- Althaea cretica
- Althaea flexuosa
- Althaea meonantha
- Althaea mexicana
- Althaea microchiton
- Althaea rosea
- Althaea sinensis
- Malva florida
- Malva hortensus
