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Althaea
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Order of Mallows |
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Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots) |
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Half Capsule Seed Division |
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Magnolia Division |
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Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom |
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Multicellular Land Plants |
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AKA: Alcea Setosa
Notice how the seedpods look just like the Mallow plant's seed pods, only bigger. They are both members of Malvaceae.
Althea comes from Greek meaning "to cure".
Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house in 1921 in LA called Hollyhock House for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall.
The traditional recipe to make marshmallows used an extract from the mucilaginous root of the marshmallow plant, the Althaea officinalis, instead of gelatin.
The Arabic word halwa is a generic term for candy, The root word is also the basis for the Arabic words for "good" (hala') and "very sweet" (hali).
Bristly Hollyhock
Bristly Hollyhock - October 12, 2009
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Bristly Hollyhock
Bristly Hollyhock - September 11, 2009
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Bristly Hollyhock
Bristly Hollyhock - September 11, 2009
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Hollyhock Seeds
Hollyhock Seeds August 12, 2009
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7 Foot tall Hollyhock Blooms
Hollyhock Blooms - August 12, 2009
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Bristly Hollyhock, Althaea setosa |
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