Alcea biennis
Alcea biennis
Fatmaanagülü
Tall perennial. Stems tomentose with an indumentum of stellate hairs. Leaves usually rather thick, simple to weakly 5-7-lobed, usually rather asperous on the upper surface with stellate hairs with ascending rays. Involucre ½ or more as long as the calyx. Calyx not striate in flower, becoming somewhat striate later. Petals white, pink or lilac, usually with yellowish bases, 40-50 mm. Mericarps winged, conspicuously rugose, the back hairy only in the furrow. Fl. 6-10. Roadsides, fields, steppe, banks, etc. 300-1500 m.
Hungary, Balkan Peninsula.
