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Alcea rosea 'Nigra'
Alcea rosea L., Malvaceae. Hollyhock. First called holyoke by Turner (1548). Cultivar 'Nigra' refers to its dark red coloured flowers. Distribution: Southwest China, but now a world-wide garden plant. Early medicinal uses are difficult to find as it was confused with mallow (Malva, Lavatera), Marsh Mallow (Althea), hibiscus (Hibiscus), and abutilon (Abutilon) but Parkinson (1640) says the leaves o…
Creator
- Dr Henry Oakeley
Subject
- Countryside
- Garden
- Herbal remedies
- Petal
- Poison
- Red
- Garden
Creator
- Dr Henry Oakeley
Subject
- Countryside
- Garden
- Herbal remedies
- Petal
- Poison
- Red
- Garden
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Rights
- Credit: Dr Henry Oakeley
Source
- B0008925
Identifier
- B0008925
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Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:03:50.033Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:03:50.033Z