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Alcea rosea L., Sp. Pl. 687 1753. (Syn: Alcea biennis Winterl; Alcea ficifolia Nyman; Althaea caribaea Sims; Althaea chinensis Wall.; Althaea coromandeliana Cav.; Althaea flexuosa Sims; Althaea meonantha Link; Althaea mexicana Kunze; Althaea rosea (L.) Cav.; Althaea rosea var. sinensis (Cav.) S.Y. Hu; Althaea sinensis Cav.; Althaea sinensis Cav.; Althaea sinensis Blanco; Malva florida Salisb. (Unresolved); Malva hortensus K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. (Unresolved); Malva rosea Garsault [Invalid]);
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Hollyhock, Gulkhaira गुलखैरा (Urdu);
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al-KEE-uh or al-SEE-uh — mallow
RO-zee-uh — rosy .
Native to: southwest and central Asia; elsewhere cultivated
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Commonly grown garden ornamental with 3-5 lobed leaves and single or double 5-10 cm across flowers white, pink to purple, and fruit with several mericarps with dorsal furrow.
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Malvaceae Fortnight: Alcea rosea from Delhi and Kashmir-GSJULY12/12 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5) Alcea rosea L., Sp. pl. 2:687. 1753 syn: Althaea rosea (L.) Cav.
Common name: Hollyhock
Commonly grown garden ornamental with 3-5 lobed leaves and single or double 5-10 cm across flowers white, pink to purple, and fruit with several mericarps with dorsal furrow.
Photographed from Delhi and Kashmir.
Malvaceae Fortnight :: Alcea rosea :: Manali & Mumbai :: DVJUL10 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 6 images. Alcea rosea L.
at Manali on June 4, 2008
Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens (aka Hanging Gardens) in Mumbai on January 28, 2007
Fantastic display …!!
Malvaceae rosea::Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) – NSJ-06 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4) Alcea rosea – Hollyhock from Mumbai
Malvaceae fortnight :: Alcea rosea : Pune SMP48 : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.
Alcea rosea
here are few shots of Hollyhock.
Malvaceae Fortnight :: Alcea sp?? Hollyhock- ::Mumbai :: PKAJUL94:: : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Malvaceae Fortnight :: Alcea sp?? Hollyhock-2 ::Mumbai :: PKAJUL95:: : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) TSP-MAY2016-09-338: Images of Alcea rosea (Malvaceae) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
It is my pleasure to share few images of Alcea rosea (Malvaceae) Habit: Herb Habitat: Cultivated-Ornamental Sighting: Arasikere, Hassan, Karnataka, about 800 msl Date: 23-12-2015, 11-11-2015 and 28-12-2015 Very good images.
Malvaceae week – Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)-MN090911: Botanical Name : Alcea rosea So many pollen grains. wow! Felt like becommming a bee.
Hollyhock from Byculla-MN031211: Sending a photo of Hollyhock flower. Place : Byculla
Date : February 2009
Hooghly Today : Alcea rosea Linnaeus (white): This year too the gateman of the same level-crossing is growing Alcea rosea Linnaeus. He has three varieties, white, pink and plale-pink. Nice photographs. Just a minor point, Linnaeus is now better written as L. in scientific citations. Thank you Sir, i will follow the naming convention in my future posts, i often copy-paste species name directly from FoC or FoP or The Plant List so that no spelling error occurs!
Date : March 2009
Habitat : Cultivate Uses : Best for the borders. Alcea rosea Next exhibition of flowers is going to start on 23rd Feb at Veer Jijamata Udyan,.Byculla, Mumbai.
Althea rosea (family : Malvaceae) Hooghly, WB: I found this beautiful garden plant in front of a gateman’s cabin at a railway level crossing in Hooghly district (West Bengal). This winter they produced some wonderful season flowers in a very small, rather tiny piece of land lying between the rails! species : Althea rosea (family : Malvaceae)
ID help : Facebook Again Lovely shots of a common garden flower Now correctly known as Alcea rosea
photo : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1). Alcea rosea L, belongs to the family Malvaceae, the HollyHock
ID Confirmation: Alcea rosea from Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi: 15JUL2017: SS-2 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)
Pictures of hollyhock, Alcea rosea.
Family: Malvaceae
Photographed on 2nd April 2017 from Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi. Yes … Your ID is correct. Photographs are superb.                 
China rose??? – efloraofindia | Google Groups Alcea rosea var. nigra; Id17042011PHK1: A garden plant at Alibag this is hollyhock flowers Alcea rosea (syn: Althaea rosea) Alcea rosea (syn: Althaea rosea). A common ornamental flowering plant. ‘Bindige hoovu’ in kannada. Good photos of Garden Hollyhock flowers. Is it the same what we call as भेंडी गुलाब in Marathi?
Malvaceae Week: Alcea rosea-Hollyhock from IB College campus: Alcea rosea– Hollyhock
Here are some from my garden in Ritterhude
Fotos taken in July 2010 Germanname: Stockrose or Stockmalve
Malvaceae week :: Alcea rosea: Alcea rosea L. al-KEE-uh or al-SEE-uh — mallow
RO-zee-uh — rosy [image: Hollyhock]<>
Jan 28, 2007 at Ferozeshah Mehta Gardens (Hanging Gardens), Mumbai
commonly known as: hollyhock
Native to: southwest and central Asia; elsewhere cultivated
– [image: Hollyhocks]<>
… Jan 28, 2007 at Ferozeshah Mehta Gardens (Hanging Gardens), Mumbai – [image: Alcea rosea]<> … Jan 28, 2007 at Ferozeshah Mehta Gardens (Hanging Gardens), Mumbai
Malvaceae Week: Alcea rosea from Delhi and Kashmir: Alcea rosea L., Sp. pl. 2:687. 1753
syn: Althaea rosea (L.) Cav. Common name: Hollyhock
Commonly grown garden ornamental with 3-5 lobed leaves and single or double 5-10 cm across flowers white, pink to purple, and fruit with several mericarps with dorsal furrow.
Photographed from Delhi and Kashmir.
“Double” variety of Alcea. Sir any idea about its propagation, by seeds or any other mode
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 1067 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Honey bee visiting flowers of Holy hock.
SK1570 15 Nov 2018 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Location: Bandipur, Nepal
Date: 06 October 2018
Elevation: 3500 ft.
Habit : Cultivated Alcea rosea L. ??
To me also appears close to images at
Yes, it is Alcea rosea.
i have this plant for many many years found this plant near a hill. the seeds are green colored. pls mention the Hindi name as well.
… looks like the hollyhock, Alcea rosea (syn. Althaea chinensis, Althaea ficifolia, Althaea rosea) … not native of India.
But the leaves of hollyhock are not as deeply lobed as seen here.
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