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Hollyhock

Alcea rosea

1,519Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb32
Mar30
Apr69
May64
Jun198
Jul528
Aug247
Sep155
Oct114
Nov34
Dec26

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England164
2Cambridgeshire England54
3Suffolk England50
4West Berkshire England35
5Surrey England33
6Kent England30
7Brighton and Hove England29
8Essex England27
9Somerset England27
10Gloucestershire England27
11Highland Scotland26
12Sefton England23
13Norfolk England21
14Nottinghamshire England17
15Worcestershire England16
822 England24 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,519
Peak month
July
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Alcea rosea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,587
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Alcea
Name with authority
Alcea rosea L.
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27682 · GBIF 5406789