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Chinese hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus Mallow Family
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Malvaceae
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common names
  Chinese hibiscus
  shoeblackplant
accepted scientific name
  Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
rules for finding collection records
  Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (47)
family name
  • Malvaceae
Image Author: ©2007 Forest And Kim Starr
Image License: CC BY
Image Source
Category: Shrubs, Broadleaf Trees
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color color color color color
Flower size is 1.6 to 7.0 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed last week of October thru 3rd week of August
Introduced. Native to tropical Asia

How Likely at this Location (16%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (81%)
where plant found
mag select

Grassland
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
Forest
Epiphyte
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis   L.   (TSN: 21616, Index: 443)


Scientific Names used to access collection records



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Common Names




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