| Scientific Name: | Alcea rosea |
| Common Name: | hollyhock |
| Family Name: | Malvaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual, Biennial |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Medicinal plant, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves heart shaped, most with with 3, 5, or 7 lobes, up to 20cm long; florets on a rigid raceme with leaf-like bracts up to 2m tall. | |