Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hibiscus lasiocarpus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
COMMON NAME:
Western Rosemallow
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hila6_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hibiscus lasiocarpus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
3518
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native west and northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
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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
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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