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Magnoliopsida
Alcea rosea L.
EOL Text
"Notes: Western Ghats, Cultivated"
"Maharashtra: Ahemdnagar, Kolhapur, Pune,Sindhudurg Karnataka: Mysore"
Althaea rosea (Linnaeus) Cavanilles; A. rosea var. sinensis (Cavanilles) S. Y. Hu; A. sinensis Cavanilles.
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Habit: Erect Herb
Hollyhock occasionally escapes from cultivation, but rarely persists. Escaped plants have been collected primarily in NE and east central Illinois (see Distribution Map). Habitats include areas along railroads, roadsides, vacant lots, and waste areas, especially in urban areas. Areas with a history of disturbance are preferred. Because of the showy flowers, Hollyhock is often cultivated in gardens. It is native to Eurasia.
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Escape from cultivation.
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● Cultivated. Throughout China [widely introduced throughout temperate regions].
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The flowers are cross-pollinated by several kinds of bees. Various insects feed on Hollyhock. These include the caterpillars of the skipper Pyrgus communis (Common Checkered Skipper), the caterpillars of the butterflies Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady) and Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak), and the caterpillars of the moths Acontia aprica (Exposed Bird-Dropping Moth), Anomis erosa (Yellow Scallop Moth), Autographa precationis (Common Looper Moth), and Mamestra configurata (Bertha Armyworm). Other insects that feed on Hollyhock include Apion longirostre (Hollyhock Weevil; a.k.a. Rhopalapion longirostre) and Popillia japonica (Japanese Beetle). This last insect can cause major damage to this plant. The foliage is palatable to cattle and other hoofed mammalian herbivores.
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These species are introduced in Switzerland.
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Foodplant / gall
Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes gall of stem (esp. base) of Alcea rosea
Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Apion radiolus feeds within stem of Alcea rosea
Foodplant / sap sucker
nymph of Campylomma verbasci sucks sap of Alcea rosea
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Golovinomyces orontii parasitises live Alcea rosea
Foodplant / parasite
Leveillula taurica parasitises Alcea rosea
Foodplant / sap sucker
Macrosiphum euphorbiae sucks sap of live shoot (young) of Alcea rosea
Foodplant / saprobe
immersed, gregarious, often in lines pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph of Phoma nebulosa is saprobic on dead stem of Alcea rosea
Foodplant / gall
pulvinate, hypophyllous telium of Puccinia malvacearum causes gall of live bract of Alcea rosea
Remarks: season: 4-11
Other: major host/prey
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