Hollyhock

Alcea rosea

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	5-9 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	2.4
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Fast
Uses
Utility	Compost, Dye, Litmus, oil, textiles
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Leaves, Root, Stem
Edible uses	Oil, Tea
Names
German name	Gewöhnliche Stockrose
Taxonomy
Family	Malvaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Turkey
Introduced into	Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Kriti, Laos, Leeward Is., Libya, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
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