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Alcea rosea Hollyhock

Hocysen Fendigaid

Linnaeus

A tall biennial or perennial plant with showy mallow-like flowers which is a familar plant of gardens and parks. It is occasionally found as an escape (or throw-out) in waste places and on distirbed ground but it is rarely found far from gardens or flower beds and it rarely persists.

Neophyte

Alcea rosea - © Barry Stewart
Alcea rosea - © Barry Stewart

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