Alcea rosea L.
(Hollyhock)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlcea rosea (Hollyhock)
FamilyMALVACEAE (mallows & limes)
OrderMALVALES (mallows, limes, daphnes and rockroses)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) :
1: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
26 Sep 2011 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Pink-flowered plant
Image 1: FlowersImage 2: Flowers and budsImage 3: Flowers - close-upImage 4: Flowers - face view - close-upImage 5: Flower - side view - close-upImage 6: Flower - side view - close-up (2)Image 7: Growing up iron railings
2: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
14 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU24 51° 10’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
pale yellow-flowered plant
Image 1: Developing fruitsImage 2: Flower - face view - close-upImage 3: Flower - reverse view - close-upImage 4: Flowers - side view - close-upImage 5: LeavesImage 6: Plant - in cloudImage 7: Plant - in sunshine

Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)