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
Zephyranthes rosea "Z. carinata" is often mislabeled as "Z. rosea" by merchants. "Z. carinata" can be distinguished from true "Z. rosea" by their much larger flowers with a deeper pink coloration. "Z. rosea" also has 24 chromosomes in diploid somatic cells, in contrast to 48 in "Z. carinata". Another similar species known under the same common names is "Habranthus robustus". They can be differentiated from "Z. rosea" by having paler pink and larger flowers. "Zephyranthes rosea" is native to Peru and Colombia. It is widely planted in warmer regions around the world and is reportedly naturalized in Florida, India, the West Indies,