...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
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Read more about Swamp Rosemallow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hibiscus moscheutos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus moscheutos
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-002:
Hibiscus moscheutos +
FAMILY
Malvaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hibiscus palustris
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Rosemallow, Eastern Rosemallow, Wild Cotton
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.