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Hollyhocks
(Genus Alcea)
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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. They are native to Asia and Europe. The single species of hollyhock from the Western Hemisphere, the streambank wild hollyhock, belongs to a different genus.
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Hollyhock
(Alcea rosea)
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Alcea rosea (common hollyhock) is an ornamental plant in the Malvaceae family. 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.
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Mallow Skipper
(Carcharodus alceae)
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Carcharodus alceae, the mallow skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The scientific Latin species name alceae refers to the host plants Althaea, which, in turn, are named after the ancient Greek poet Alcaeus of Mytilene.
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Greater Musk-Mallow
(Malva alcea)
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Malva alcea (greater musk-mallow, cut-leaved mallow, vervain mallow or hollyhock mallow) is a plant in the mallow family native to southwestern, central and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to southern Sweden and east to Russia and Turkey.
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Physiphora alceae
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Physiphora alceae is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Physiphora of the family Ulidiidae.
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Bristly Hollyhock
(Alcea setosa)
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Alcea setosa (bristly hollyhock) is an ornamental plant in the Malvaceae family.
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Pale Hollyhock
(Alcea biennis)
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Alcea biennis, the biennial hollyhock, is a species of Alcea in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is related to the well-known Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
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