NOTES: Tropical shrub, the photographed specimen growing potted in front of the "Groesbeck Estate."
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Chinese Hibiscus
Genus species:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Common Name:
Chinese Hibiscus
Family Name:
Malvaceae
Annual and perennial herbs, or shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, often palmately veined, stipulate; flowers bisexual, regular, mostly solitary or clustered in leaf axils; fruit a capsule, sometimes splitting into mericarps.
Seed Type:
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Nonnative
Category:
Wildflower
Flower Color:
Yellow Pink/Red
Identified by:
J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom:
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.