Alcea three centimeters wide and may be pink, white, purple, or yellow. The fruit is a schizocarp, a dry disc divided into over 15 sections that contain seeds. There are about 60 species of "Alcea", including: Hollyhocks are popular garden ornamental plants. They are easily grown from seed. Breeds with red flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Cultivars have been bred, especially from "A. rosea". They include the double-flowered 'Chater's Double', the raspberry-colored 'Creme de Cassis', and 'The Watchman', which has dark, nearly black, maroon flowers. The stems of hollyhocks can be used as firewood, and the roots have been used medicinally.
Coreopsis rosea Coreopsis rosea Coreopsis rosea is a North American species of "tickseeds" in sunflower family. It has a discontinuous distribution in the eastern United States and Canada, found in Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, and South Carolina. "Coreopsis rosea" grows in wet areas such as marsh edges. Unlike most "Coreopsis" species, the ray florets are pink or white (instead of yellow). The only other "Coreopsis" species with pink rays is "C. nudata"; "C. rosea" does not seem to be closely related to "Coreopsis" species which merely have red dots at the base of