Alcea the official seal ("mon") of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and through this influence has maintained importance in modern Japanese culture. For example, it inspired the name and symbol of Mito HollyHock, a professional soccer club in a city formerly led by the Tokugawa family. The Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival) is one of the three main festivals of the city of Kyoto. During the Victorian era, the hollyhock symbolized both ambition and fecundity in the language of flowers. Alcea Alcea is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, commonly known as the hollyhocks.
Velleia rosea superior, containing more than two ovules. It grows in sandy or loamy soils. It occurs in the IBRA regions of Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Nullarbor (NUL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW). Velleia rosea Velleia rosea (pink velleia) is a member of the Goodeniaceae family that is native to Western Australia and flowers from April to October. "V. rosea" is an annual herb, with flat leaves long and wide, having toothed or lobed margins. Its bracteoles are hairy, with simple hairs. The flowers have pedicels which are long and