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Althaea rosea

Plants

Family: Malvaceae · Genus: Althaea

Althaea rosea

Hermann Adolf Köhler (1834 - 1879) · public_domain

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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.

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