Rose of Sharon
Scientific Name:Hibiscus syriacus
Common Name Synonyms:Rose-of-Sharon, Common Hibiscus


NOTES: Rose of Sharon is a rapidly growing, large, deciduous shrub or tree in the Malvaceae (mallow) family and native to south China and Taiwan. It grows to 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide

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Rose of Sharon
Genus species: Hibiscus syriacus
Common Names: Rose of Sharon
Rose-of-Sharon
Common 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:Shrub
Flower Color:White
Pink/Red
Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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