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Alcea is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks.
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Hollyhock, Alcea rosea
Hollyhocks
Alcea is a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe.
Scientific name: Alcea
Order: Mallows
Lower classifications: Hollyhock, Common hollyhock
Medicinal Use
Hollyhock is a plant. The flower is used to make a medicinal tea. People use hollyhock for preventing and treating breathing disorders and digestive tract problems. Some people apply hollyhock directly to the skin for treating ulcers and painful swelling (inflammation).
Characteristics
The single or double, cup-shaped flowers have little or no stalk and bloom on tall spikes. Hollyhocks come in a wide variety of colors: blue, pink, purple, red, white, yellow and even black. The tall spikes are covered with blooms from top to bottom. Hollyhock leaves are large, coarse and palmate in shape.
Taken on March 17, 2015
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Alcea rosea, Althaea rosea, rose trémière, passe-rose, passerose ou encore primerose, est une espèce de plantes vivaces de la famille des Malvaceae.
La Grisette ou Hespérie de l'alcée
(Carcharodus alceae)
le papillon est sur une fleur dénommée
Scabieuse colombaire
(Scabiosa columbaria)
Auffällig, pflegeleicht und Blüten satt: Stockrosen begeistern und bringen ländlichen Charme in jeden Garten.
Real:
kurzlebige Stauden aus der Familie der Malvengewächse (Malvacea).
Stockrosen sind nicht giftig. Sie sind sogar alte Heilpflanzen mit Inhaltsstoffen gegen Husten und Entzündungen. Die Pflanzen stammen ursprünglich aus dem östlichen Mittelmeerraum und wurden bereits seit den Römern als Heilpflanze verwendet, mit ihren leuchtenden Blüten wurden von Speisen, Weine oder Liköre eingefärbt.
Auch heute wird Alcea wegen ihrer reichlich vorhandenen Schleim- und Gerbstoffe für Hustenmittel verwendet, im Garten aber eigentlich ausschließlich als Zierpflanzen gesät. Manchmal findet man Stockrosen noch unter dem alten Namen Althea rosea.
Althea heißt im griechischen so viel wie „die Heilende“.
(Alcea rosea)
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Taken on Fomapan Classic shot at ISO 200 with Minolta X-300 MD 50mm f/1.7.
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Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. William Turner, a herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.
The flowers are in a range of colours from white to dark red, including pink, yellow and orange. Different colours prefer different soils. The darker red variety seems to favour sandy soils, while the lighter colour seems to favour clay soils.
During the Tudor era, Hollyhocks were used to prevent miscarriages, by steeping the blooms in wine. Difficult labors were soothed by ingesting Hollyhock shoots, and continuing with the rebirth theme, babies used to chew on them to sooth the teething process.
Hollyhocks were also used for a plethora of medicinal uses. In the middle ages, a tea made from Hollyhocks was used to fight lung and bladder disease. It’s still believed that the plant is useful for those purposes, as well as treating constipation, ulcers and inflammation of the skin (Hollyhock is a frequent ingredient in skin lotions), and bleeding. It is also thought that Hollyhocks can be used to break up and help pass kidney stones.
In addition to funerary rites, the ancient Egyptians, as well as Romans used to eat the roots, which is rich in sugars, boiling it as well as frying it. In the 1800s, Hollyhock sap was whipped, sugar added and then poured into molds and sold as candy.
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I took a photo of Mike (in his Sunday best haha - aka his working in the yard getup) standing by the hollyhocks to show how tall they are. He is 5'10" the stick he is holding is 8' and the hollyhocks are still at least another foot and half above that.
I bought them two years ago, they are a biennial so they never grew until this year.
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While hollyhock was a popular culinary delight centuries ago, not many people know about the culinary value of alcea rosea today. In fact, most people are only familiar with the plant’s showy flowers.
Alcea is a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe.The single species of hollyhock from the Americas, the streambank wild hollyhock, belongs to a different genus.
Hollyhocks are annual, biennial, or perennial plants usually taking an erect, unbranched form. The leaves usually have a coating of star-shaped hairs.
The flowers may be solitary or arranged in clusters. The notched petals are usually over three centimeters wide and may be pink, white, purple, or yellow.
Hollyhocks are popular garden ornamental plants, and are easily grown from seed. Breeds with red flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Cultivars have been bred, especially from A. rosea. They include the double-flowered 'Chater's Double', the raspberry-colored 'Creme de Cassis', and 'The Watchman', which has dark maroon flowers.
The stems of hollyhocks can be used as firewood, and the roots have been used medicinally.
From Wikipedia
Carcharodus alceae = Papilio alceae = Papilio malvarum
Piquitos castaña - Piquitos de las malvas.
Sus principales nutricias son la malva, (Malva sylvestris), Malva real (Alcea rosea), Malva de hoja redonda (Malva neglectum), (Malva moschata) etc. Y parece ser que en España también se nutre de Hibiscus sp.
En la foto posando sobre las flores de “verrucaria” (Heliotropium europaeum).
Mallow skipper
Its main nutrients are mallow, (Malva sylvestris), royal mallow (Alcea rosea), round-leaved mallow (Malva neglectum), (Malva moschata) etc. And it seems that in Spain it also feeds on Hibiscus sp.
In the photo posing on the flowers of “verrucaria” (Heliotropium europaeum).
Grisette, Hespérie de l'alcée
Ses principaux nutriments sont la mauve, (Malva sylvestris), la mauve royale (Alcea rosea), la mauve à feuilles rondes (Malva neglectum), (Malva moschata), etc. Et il semble qu'en Espagne, il se nourrit également d'Hibiscus sp.
Su la photo posant sur les fleurs de “verrucaria” (Heliotropium europaeum).
Greater musk-mallow, hollyhock mallow (Malve alcea) /
Rosen-Malve, Spitzblättrige Malve, Siegmarswurz
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One of two photos taken when I did a late walk to the Mimico Waterfront Park, a part of the Waterfront Recreational Trail in Toronto.
"Alcea is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks. They are native to Asia and Europe. The single species of hollyhock from the Americas, the streambank wild hollyhock, belongs to a different genus." - Wikipedia
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Beautiful colourful flowers in Anne Hathaway's Cottage garden. I used the plantsnap app to identify them (Alcea rosea).
Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. William Turner, a herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.
The flowers are in a range of colours from white to dark red, including pink, yellow and orange. Different colours prefer different soils. The darker red variety seems to favour sandy soils, while the lighter colour seems to favour clay soils.
Hollyhocks originated in China and were brought by Silk Road traders to Palestine in the 11th century C.E. The flower was the official seal of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan (1603-1868) and has been frequently depicted in Chinese and Japanese art.
Hollyhock symbolism extend to the realm of Faery, as fairies were believed to use the blooms as skirts, and Hollyhock seedpods were known as fairy cheese because they resembled a cheese wheel.