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Alcea rosea

L.
Tracheophyta » Malvales » Malvaceae » Alcea rosea
Common name (English)
Common hollyhock
Ηabitat
I2 Parks
X10 Mixed landscapes
X11 Large parks
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

Of uncertain origin (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I), France (I),?Sardinia (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Austria (I), England (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Hungary (I), Romania (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Montenegro (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Macedonia (I), Bulgaria (I), Crimea (I), Estonia (a), Costa Rica (I), Australia (I) (South Australia (I)), Java (I), Peru (I), Puerto Rico (I), China (throughout (I)), Korea (I), Uzbekistan (I), Tajikistan (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Panama (I), Mexico (I), Guatemala (I), El Salvador (I), Honduras (I), Ecuador (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (St. Vincent (I), Barbados (I)), Virgin Isl. (I) (Tortola (I)), Argentina (I), Nicaragua (I), Brazil (I), Colombia (I), Bolivia (c), Trinidad & Tobago (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Mozambique (I), Greece (I) (incl. Kiklades (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Iran (I) (EC-Iran (I), N-Iran (I), Iranian Aserbaijan (I), W-Iran (I)), Iraq (I) (NW-Iraq (I), SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia (I)), Turkey (I) (WN-Anatolia (I)), Azores (I) (Pico (I), Faial (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I)), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Tunisia (I), Libya (I), Andaman Isl. (I), Nicobar Isl. (I), Laos (I), Bhutan (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), India (I), Bangladesh (I), Nepal (I), Pakistan (I), Philippines (I), Vietnam (I), USA (I) (California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), Nebraska (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)) 101033 0

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Habitat detail

"First records for Cyprus. It is a garden escape, now adequately naturalized in Div. 2 and to be classified as naturalized non-invasive for Cyprus. Seen in many other parts of Cyprus in the last 10 years but inadequately documented. + Div. 2: Pano Platres, c.  1200  m, roadside, 28 May 2013, Hadjikyriakou 7235; Kato Amiantos, c. 1000 m, roadside, 8 Jun 2013, Hadjikyriakou 7236" (Hand 2015).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

First detection year
2013
Impacts
Neutral
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
References

Hand R (2015) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45(2): 245-259. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45210

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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