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Read more about Rose-of-Sharon 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 syriacus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus syriacus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-001:
Hibiscus syriacus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
COMMON NAME:
Rose-of-Sharon, Althea
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JK Marlow jkm0407n_17
July Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stamens form a column surrounding (but free from) the style of the pistil, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm0407n_21
July Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Occasionally forms thickets, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm0407n_22
July Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves more than 2-ranked, usually lobed, margin coarsely toothed, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
JK Marlow jkm090812_004
August Greenville County SC
5 triangular calyx lobes and 7-10 linear involucral bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.