Alcea rosea
The story
During or before the 15th century, the common hollyhock made its historic journey from southwestern China to Europe. There, it caught the attention of the early English herbalist William Turner. It was Turner who designated the plant as "holyoke," a historical name that gradually evolved into the modern English name we recognize today.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Malvaceae
How to use it
Alcea rosea, a member of the Malvaceae family, is widely grown and utilized as an ornamental flowering plant.
Sources: Grangery, en.wikipedia.org
About
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. William Turner, a herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Alcea rosea
- Slug
- alcea-rosea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Alcea
- Species
- rosea
- Wikidata QID
- Q27682
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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