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Althaea (Greek, to cure). Malvaceae. Tall annual, biennial or perennial herbs, grown in the open garden. The flowering shrubs known as altheas are forms of Hibiscus syriacus.

Flowers axillary, solitary, or racemose in the axils or at the summit of the St., with 6-9 bracts below the calyx, but otherwise as in Malva.—About 15 species in the temperate regions of the world.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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