Malva alcea Malva alcea Malva alcea (greater musk-mallow, cut-leaved mallow, vervain mallow or hollyhock mallow) is a plant in the mallow family native to southwestern, central and eastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain north to southern Sweden and east to Russia and Turkey. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50–125 cm tall, with stems covered in stellate hairs, meaning they branch at the free end into several strands. The leaves are 2–8 cm long and 2–8 cm broad, palmately lobed with five to seven blunt lobes; basal leaves on the lower stem are very shallowly lobed, those higher on
Sarracenia rosea the species epithet. 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