Species
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea
Varieties
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| Indian Spring, single mixedBSI-FL20287 | — |
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| Majorette mixedBSI-FL97775 | — |
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| Summer carnivalBSI-FL24667 | — |
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| double brown redBSI-H19370 | — |
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| double champagneBSI-H19380 | — |
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| double dark roseBSI-H19350 | — |
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| double mixedBSI-H19400 | — |
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| double scarletBSI-H19360 | — |
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| double whiteBSI-H19330 | — |
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| double yellowBSI-H19340 | — |
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| lilac roseBSI-H19240 | — |
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| mixedBSI-H19210 | — |
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| purpleBSI-H19280 | — |
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| redBSI-H19230 | — |
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| roseBSI-H19220 | — |
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| salmonBSI-H19260 | — |
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| whiteBSI-H19270 | — |
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| yellowBSI-H19250 | — |
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| chamois roseBSI-H19020 | — |
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| golden yellowBSI-H19030 | — |
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| maroonBSI-H19040 | — |
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| mixedBSI-H19000 | — |
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| mixed ORGANICBSI-H19001 | — |
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| pure roseBSI-H19080 | — |
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| salmon-pinkBSI-H19050 | — |
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| scarletBSI-H19060 | — |
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| whiteBSI-H19070 | — |
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| ficifolia mixedBSI-H19100 | — |
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| nigra (normal seed)BSI-H19200 | — |
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| blush pinkBSI-H19420 | — |
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| double mixedBSI-H19460 | — |
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| rosy pinkBSI-H19430 | — |
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| rosy redBSI-H19440 | — |
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| yellowBSI-H19450 | — |
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Alcea rosea belongs to the Malvaceae. Broad, rounded leaves sit below tall, upright stems carrying large flowers.
Flowers and foliage
Named cultivars and mixtures vary in colour and flower form. The foliage is susceptible to rust, which is a separate consideration from flower colour when describing a hollyhock seed range.
Dark flowers and mixed hollyhock references
Nigra has deep maroon flowers that appear almost black. The list also includes double mixed and Summer carnival. This gives seed resellers a specific dark-flowered reference alongside separately named mixtures.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Biennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Alcea rosea
- Common names
- common hollyhock · garden hollyhock · hollyhock · rose mallow
- Synonyms
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- alcea annua
- alcea biennis subsp. cretica
- alcea cretica
- alcea cultorum
- alcea ficifolia
- alcea ficifolia violacea
- alcea lenkoranica paimatifida
- alcea lenkoranica palmatifida
- alcea mexicana
- alcea microchiton
- alcea pallida subsp. cretica
- alcea rosea alta
- alcea rosea atra
- alcea rosea ficifolia
- alcea rosea flore-pleno-aurantiaca
- alcea rosea flore-pleno-nigra
- alcea rosea nigra
- alcea rosea sibthorpii
- alcea rosea sinensis
- alcea rosea tinctoria
- alcea rosea var. alta
- alcea rosea var. atra
- alcea rosea var. sinensis
- alcea rosea var. tinctoria
- alcea sinensis
- alcea spec
- althaea caribaea
- althaea chinensis
- althaea coromandeliana
- althaea cretica
- althaea ficifolia
- althaea ficifolia violacea
- althaea flexuosa
- althaea meonantha
- althaea mexicana
- althaea microchiton
- althaea rosea
- althaea rosea sibthorpii
- althaea rosea sinensis
- althaea rosea var. sinensis
- althaea sinensis
- malva florida
- malva hortensis
- malva hortensus
- malva rosea
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Alcea
- Species
- Alcea rosea