Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hibiscus moscheutos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus moscheutos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-002:
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos FAMILY Malvaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. incanus
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. palustris
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hibiscus palustris
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus incanus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus moscheutos
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus oculiroseus
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Rosemallow, Eastern Rosemallow, Wild Cotton
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_himo_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_himo_007_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hibiscus_moscheutos
July
Each petal's base is dark maroon creating a bull's eye in the throat, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hibiscus_moscheutos_5
July
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JK Marlow jkm060807_013
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_052
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_054
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_062
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
A whorl of bracts below the calyx looks like a ring of spider legs, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm090815_071
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
White stamens intertwine into an elaborate column surrounding the pistil, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm090815_081
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_089
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, densely canescent. Involucral bracts linear, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090815_095
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Petals are rounded at the edges and have a translucent crepe-like texture, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm100816_423
August Greenville County SC
Furman University
A red-flowering cultivar.
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JK Marlow jkm100816_427
August Greenville County SC
Furman University
A red-flowering cultivar.
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JK Marlow jkm100816_433
August Greenville County SC
Furman University
A red-flowering cultivar.
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JK Marlow s090815_01
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Narrowly to broadly lance-shaped; grayish under from feltlike matted hairs, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hibiscus moscheutos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus moscheutos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-002:
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. incanus
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. palustris
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hibiscus palustris
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus incanus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus moscheutos
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus oculiroseus
686
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamps, river sandbars, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White (sometimes pinkish)
with a red or purple center
5 sepals united at base or more than half their length
5 petals united at base
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary
Flowers in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p177
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p142
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p098
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p159
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p138
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p328
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p470
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p124
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p103
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p049
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p151
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p256
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p069
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p091
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p095
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p241
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