Alcea setosa plant flowers from April until June. In folk medicine, the liquid of the plant is used to treat injuries, burns, coughs and inflammation. The flower buds are edible, cooked and raw, and are considered as medicine for sicknesses in the airways. 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
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