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
Sarracenia rosea Sarracenia rosea Sarracenia rosea is a species of pitcher plant in the genus "Sarracenia" and is sometimes known as Burk's southern pitcherplant. It was previously classified as a variety of "S. purpurea" subsp. "venosa" (var. "burkii"). The proposition for the plant to be named a new species arose in 1999. This proposition was based on three main factors: "S. rosea" has larger flowers on shorter stalks; it produces light pink petals, a feature no other species in the genus exhibits; and it has a somewhat different pitcher structure than "S. purpurea". A form which lacks anthocyanins has been described as