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Alcea rosea

Flowering Plants

Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae. It was brought to Europe from southwestern China around or before the 15th century, and the herbalist William Turner gave it the name holyoke, from which its English common name derives. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Scientific Name
Alcea rosea 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Malvaceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Alcea rosea
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Sources
1. Alcea rosea (Wikipedia)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 363492
    Alcea rosea, the common hollyhock, is an ornamental dicot flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 363492
    In herbal medicine, which may lack evidence, hollyhock is believed to be an emollient and laxative.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Alcea rosea
WikipediaWikidata Q27682 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Alcea rosea
Child Taxon Of: Malvaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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