Alcea setosa Alcea setosa Alcea setosa, the bristly hollyhock, is an ornamental plant in the family Malvaceae. The bristly hollyhock is native to the Levant, ranging from Crete and Turkey to Israel and Jordan. The part above ground of the plant withers and dies in the summer. In the winter, a rosette of flowers develops and a vertical flowering stem grows out of it. The pink flowers are numerous and large, while in the Galilee and the Carmel the flowers are darker and in the Gilboa and Samaria the flowers are lighter. The whole plant is bristly, hence its common name. The
Roseomonas rosea Roseomonas rosea Roseomonas rosea (formerly "Muricoccus roseus") is a species of Gram negative, strictly aerobic, coccobacilli-shaped, pink-colored bacteria. It was first isolated from a children's day care center in 1995. Further work on the isolate led to the proposal of a new genus and species, "Muricoccus roseus" in 2003. Further work on "M. roseus" found that the species belonged in the genus "Roseomonas", and also led to "Teichococcus ludipueritiae" being reclassified as "Roseomonas ludipueritiae" in 2009. The new name for the species is "Roseomonas rosea". The species name is derived from Latin "rosea" (pink), referring to the pink color the