Hollyhock

Althaea rosea

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  • Flower name
    Hollyhock
  • Scientific name
    Althaea rosea
  • Aliasホリホック, 立葵, Hollyhock
  • Place of originTurkey
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August

What is Hollyhock

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Hollyhock, scientific name: Althaea rosea, is heat-tolerant hardy perennial of the Malvaceae, Althaeagenus native to Turkey. It grows tall so is planted back of garden. A leaf has a leafstalk, and the leaf shape is circular and does the 5-7 lobation palm form , and grows each other, and has jaggedness , a stem are accompanied. Increase inflorescence from the flower stalk which lengthened straight at the beginning of the rain season, and is a single or double blooming. Flower colors include red, dark red, pink, yellow, blue, white, black. Flower diameter is 10 cm. Flowers bloom from the bottom on the rainy season finishes blooming around dawn. Red roots (shockikon) Chinese medicine became the root is planted as an ornamental, flower is hibiscus tea raw materials become or drunk as a tea, as well as the hibiscus, natural colorant. 1 varieties of Althaea(Hollyhock) 'Hollyhock spring celebrity Crimson' bloom ruffle dwarf hardy year in Crimson color varieties of grass in height about 70 cm June-July to bloom.

Common name: Hollyhock , scientific name: Althaea rosea , aka: Althaea , origin: Turkey, Height: 70 cm(dwarf species) and 100-200 cm, leaf shape: Palm form, a phyllotaxis: alternate, a Leaf edge: Jaggedness existence, leaf color, Green, a leafstalk: Existence, inflorescence form: Raceme, anthesis: For from May to June, it is flower diameter: 6-10cm, the place where the flower appears: An axil, one with one of a flower: It is 1-2 of them, floral design to 1 axil: The way of blooming of a short flower: One fold, Yae, a color of a flower: red, strong red, peach, yellow, bluish violet, white, black, the fruition period: For from June to July, it is a use: Admiration use, herb tea, Chinese medicine.


  • Order
    Malvales
  • Family
    Malvaceae
  • Genus
    Althaea
  • Species
    A. rosea
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Rose-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Palm shape
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeheat-tolerant hardy perennial
  • Flower colorsPink Purple Red
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height70.0 ~ 200.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower6.0 ~ 10.0 cm

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