Hollyhock

Description:

Backlighting in the early morning, still wet from the morning dew, these white hollyhocks have delicate yellow centers and floppy large petals. The hollyhocks make up about 60 species of flowering plants in the genus Alcea (Ál-ce-a) in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to southwest and central Asia. They are biennial or short-lived perennial plants growing to 3.5 m tall, with broad, rounded, palmately lobed leaves and numerous flowers, pink or yellow in the wild species, on the erect central stem.