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Re: Rose of sharon hips
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Rose of sharon hips
- From: Toby Hemenway <hemenway@jeffnet.org>
- Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 12:25:44 -0800
- In-reply-to: <LISTMANAGER-86724-26020-2001.11.05-20.04.17--hemenway#jeffnet.org@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
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Rose of Sharon is also known as Althea, for which we named our daughter.
Kevin Topek
Ah, we risk some common-name confusion here. As Jude mentioned, Rose of
Sharon is the common name for Hibiscus syriacus (and also Hibiscus
sinosyriacus, according to PFAF.org). I grew this in Seattle to the great
delight of my neighbors and myself; it's a beautiful plant. PFAF also says
Hibiscus syriacus is sometimes called Shrubby Althea, a name I'm not
familiar with. But the plant with the botanical name Althea is an altogether
different plant commonly known as Marsh Mallow, not Rose of Sharon. Hibiscus
and Marsh Mallow are both in the Malvaceae family, (my buddy and fellow
listserv-mate Rick Valley's daughter is also named Althea). And to confuse
matters more, the Malvaceae also contains the genus Alcea, common name
Hollyhock, whose flowers look a lot like Hibiscus too.
Toby
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