PLANTS Profile for Alcea rosea (hollyhock)

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PLANTS Profile

Alcea rosea L.
hollyhock

Symbol:

ALRO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malvaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
CAN		I

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Althaea rosea

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Images:
Alcea rosea L.

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Synonyms:
Alcea rosea L.

	ALFI9	Alcea ficifolia L.		Antwerp hollyhock
	ALRO4	Althaea rosea (L.) Cav.

Distribution:
Alcea rosea L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
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+ (PR), CAN (MB, NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Alcea rosea L.

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 2 species in Alcea

Classification:
Alcea rosea L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Malvales
Family	Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus	Alcea L. – hollyhock
Species	Alcea rosea L. – hollyhock

Introduced Information:
Alcea rosea L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Alcea rosea L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21774.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 02:50 PM MDT