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  • COMMON NAME: Hollyhock
  • ARABIC: ورد الخطمة، الختمية
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Althaea rosea L.
  • SYNONYMS: Althaea rosea, Malva rosea.
  • FAMILY: MALVACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ajman
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:558713-1#synonyms Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE.
Moderately salt tolerant, ornamental plant.
Perennial, stout, erect plant, up to 80cm high, covered in soft hairs, grayish in color. Stems branched below. Leaves large and decrease in size up stem, usually round or cordate, 3-5 lobed, undivided, with long petioles. Flowers large, 3-6cm across, white to purple, mostly racemose in the upper part of the stem and branches. Epicalyx of 5-9 bracteoles, connate at the base. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Petals broadly obovate. Staminal tube divided into numerous filaments above. Fruit a dry schizocarp. Seeds many, reniform, wrinkled. Flowering in the spring.
Cultivated. There are a number of varieties, of this quick-growing plant, usually in gardens or in small scale landscapes. Tolerates dry, hot and saline conditions.
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