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
Tricolia rosea Wales and Tasmania. Tricolia rosea Tricolia rosea, common name the rosy pheasant, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails. The height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm. The minute shell is thin, shining and has an ovate shape. It has a uniform deep rosy color throughout. The four whorls are somewhat flattened at the upper part, then convex. The columella is white. The edge and the outer lip are stained with a line of dark rose. This marine species occurs off Western