Alcea rosea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Alcea rosea L.

Holly hock, Hollyhock

2017 Ron Vanderhoff

2021 Ron Vanderhoff

2015 Neal Kramer

2006 Louis-M. Landry

2005 Luigi Rignanese

Alcea rosea is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (73 records) Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Alcea
Family:	Malvaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Alcea ficifolia
JEF + PLANTS	Althaea rosea

Information about Alcea rosea from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ALRO3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/30/2023).