Alcea apterocarpa

Alcea apterocarpa is a tall hollyhock plant native to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, the Sinai, and Turkey.^[1]

Alcea apterocarpa
Scientific 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.

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 flowers. The flowers have pink, violet or white petals. It is typically found at roadsides, fields, rocky slopes, calcareous ground, and steppes.

It has a long epicalyx, its fruit segments are wingless and rugose. Its 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]