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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Malvaceae
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
LESS THAN
PLANTS National Database:
Malvaceae
Hibiscus moscheutos
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Malvaceae
122-08-002a
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950):
Hibiscus moscheutos
Common Name:
Eastern Rose-mallow, Swamp Rose Mallow, Wild Cotton
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in marshes, per Weakley's Flora
To see a detailed
map, click
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...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
Leaves:
Simple
Alternate
Flower:
Summer/Fall
White w red band at base
5 sepals united at base or more than half their length
5 petals united at base
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p328
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p159?
All About SC Wildflowers p177?
Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p142
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p138
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p116?
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p151?
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p103
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p095
Wildflowers of Tennessee p069
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A whorl of bracts below the calyx looks like a ring of spider legs, per All About SC Wildflowers.
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Each petal's base is dark maroon creating a bull's eye in the throat, per All About SC Wildflowers.
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Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, serate to crenate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas
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