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Althaea officinalis (L.)
Nombres relacionados: Altea (castellano), Alteia (gallego y/o portugués), Bismalva (castellano), Common marsh-mallow (inglés), Common marshmallow (inglés), Eibisch (alemán), Gloriatze (vasco), Guimauve (francés), ...
Althaea cannabina vernac. Althaea
Wakehurst Place Garden, West Sussex, 29 September
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Alcalthaea suffrutescens 'Parkallee'
Genus: Alcalthaea
Species: suffrutescens
Cultivar: 'Parkallee' ...
Shrub Althaea, Rose of Sharon
Scientific Name: Hibiscus syriacus L.
Synonym: Ketmia arborea, Ketmia syriaca, Ketmia syrorum, Hibiscus acerifolius, Hibiscus floridus, Hibiscus rhombifolius
Family: Malvaceae ...
Marsh Mallow
Althaea officinalis
Marsh mallow is native to Europe; it was brought to America as a medicinal plant. The grayish, velvety leaves are a good way to distinguish this from other mallows.
Althaea officinalis (L)
Synonyms and Common names: mallards, schloss tea, mortification root, sweet weed, hock herb, wymote, mauls, cheeses (after the flat, round fruit)
German = Malve, French = Guimauve, Spanish = Malvavisco, Italian = Malvavisce ...
ALTHAEA Commonly known as the Hollyhock. Grows 2 to 2.5 m (6 to 8 ft) high bearing large single or double flowers coloured pink, white, apricot, cream, salmon or red.
Hollyhock (Althaea Rosea) - One of the best hardy plants, valuable for bold and stately effects among or near flower-beds. Cottage bee-keepers would do well to grow a few Hollyhocks, for bees are fond of their flowers.
Subject : Althaea
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As I am very fond of plant folklore, I seriously had to have a Rose of Sharon, aka Shrub Althaea, before which I can meditate upon the rich & sacred lore associated with this name.
Althaea rosea, 1.5 metres, Zone 4), and sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale, 1.2 metres, Zone 4), with daisy-like blooms in rich mahogany red (H. 'Bruno'), golden yellow (H. 'Butterpat') and bronze-red (H. 'Riverton Beauty').
Althaea_(genus) - Vegetal flavor, White, pink, red in color
Lonicera japonica - Sweet flavor, White to pale yellow in color
Viola tricolor - Wintergreen flavor, Purple and yellow in color
Lavendula - Sweet, perfumed flavor, Lavender in color ...
Sometimes the anther has a single cavity, and becomes unilocular, or monothecal, or dimidiate, either by the disappearance of the partition between the two lobes, or by the abortion of one of its lobes, as in Styphelia laeta and Althaea officinalis ...
Other Malvaceae species in garden culture include Abutilon, the Chinese lantern or flowering maple, elegant in both leaf and flower and well-adapted to mild and temperate gardens; Alcea rosea (syn Althaea rosea), the popular hollyhock; ...
Common Marshmallow
(Althaea officinalis LINN.)
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Botanical: Althaea officinalis (LINN.) ...
Plants affected Hollyhock (Althaea rosea) and Malva spp. Also Abutilon, Hibiscus, Lavatera, Malvastrum and Sidalcea
Main symptoms Yellow or orange spots on upper leaf surface, reddish-brown pustules on lower
Caused by Fungus ...
As it turns out, the American mallows closely resemble a European species, Althaea officinalis -- also called marsh mallow, which has been used since Roman times as a medicinal plant and as a confection.
Hollyhock
Hollyhock, Alcea rosea, or Althaea rosea, is a herbaceous plant belonging to the family Malvaceae ...
In traditional medicine marsh mallow flowers have been used in Europe for over 2000 years. Marshmallow (Althaea Officinalis) comes from the Greek word "altho" which means to cure.
Marshmallow, the candy, was originally made with another close relative of Hibiscus, the African mallow (Althaea officinalis). An extract from the roots of the plant was used as a gelling agent.
parduna, puledium, olisatum, petresilinum, apium, levisticum, savinam, anetum, fenicolum, intubas, diptamnum, sinape, satureiam, sisimbrium, mentam, mentastrum, tanazitam, neptam, febrefugiam, papaver, betas, vulgigina, mismalvas, id est althaea, ...
Marshmallow, hollyhock (Althaea officinalis, Alcea officinalis)
Masdevallia (Masdevallia species) ...
rose-of-Sharon, althaea Hibiscus syriacus
rough bluegrass Poa trivialis
rough hawkbit Leontodon hirtus
rough maidenhair Adiantum hispidulum
rush skeletonweed Chondrilla juncea
rush wheatgrass Thinopyrum ponticum ...
 See also: May, Medic, Green, Saffron, Pink
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