Alcea apterocarpa

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Alcea apterocarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Alcea
Species:
A. apterocarpa
Binomial name
Alcea apterocarpa
(Fenzl) Boiss.[1]
Synonyms
Synonym list
    • Althaea apterocarpa Fenzl
    • Alcea apterocarpa var. lilacina Boiss.
    • Alcea lilacina Boiss. & Kotschy
    • Althaea apterocarpa var. lilacina (Boiss.) Baker f.

Alcea apterocarpa is a tall

hollyhock plant native to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, the Sinai, and Turkey.[1]

Description

Alcea apterocarpa is a tall (up to 2 m (6.6 ft)) hollyhock with 15 mm (0.59 in) thick stems. It is distinctive for its woolly stems, many-lobed stem leaves (5–9 lobes) and large

steppes
.

It has a long

stellate-pilose
are hairy.

It is similar in appearance to Alcea biennis, but A. biennis has winged fruit segments whereas Alcea apterocarpa does not.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alcea apterocarpa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ^ "The taxonomic revision of Alcea and Althaea (Malvaceae) in Turkey, 2011 by Mehmet Erkan Uzunhisarcikli, Mecit Vural".
  3. JSTOR 2401577
    . (p. 412, n. 2)
  4. ^ George E Post. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai ed. 2 vol. 1. (p. 248 n. 12)


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