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Alcea rosea（普通蜀葵； Syn。Althaea chinensis Wall。，Althaea ficifolia Cav。，Althaea rosea Cav。）是Malvaceae家族的觀賞植物。
It was imported into Europe from China in the sixteenth century.它是在XNUMX世紀從中國進口到歐洲的。 William Turner, an herbalist of the time, gave it the name "holyoke" from which the English name derives.當時的草藥醫生威廉·特納（William Turner）給它起了“ holyoke”的名字，英文名字由此而來。
Alcea rosea是一種耐寒多年生植物，一旦建立便應開花多年。 It will grow in a wide range of soils, and can easily reach a height of about 8 ft. The flowers are a range of colours from white to dark red, including pink, yellow and orange.它會在各種土壤中生長，並且很容易達到約XNUMX英尺的高度。花朵的顏色從白色到深紅色，包括粉紅色，黃色和橙色。 Different colours prefer different soils.不同的顏色喜歡不同的土壤。 The darker red variety seems to favour sandy soils, while the lighter colour seems to favour clay soils.較深的紅色品種似乎偏愛沙質土壤，而較淺的顏色似乎偏愛黏土。 The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed.這些植物很容易從種子中生長出來，並且易於自種。 However, tender plants, whether young from seed or from old stock, may be wiped out by slugs and snails.但是，幼嫩的植物，無論是幼種還是舊種，都可能被和蝸牛擦去。 The foliage is subject to severe damage from rust infestations, which may be treated with fungicides.樹葉因銹病侵襲而受到嚴重破壞，可以用殺真菌劑進行處理。