WorldFloraDB - Hibiscus allenii

Characteristics

Leaf-lamina up to 8 × 8 cm., ovate to sub-orbicular in outline, usually deeply 3–5-lobed, strigose to hispid above, stellate-hispidulous beneath, apex acute, base obtuse to truncate; lobes narrowly oblong lanceolate to elliptic, margins rather coarsely serrate; petiole up to 3·5 cm. long; stipules 4–8 mm. long, filiform.

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Flowers 1·5–2 cm. in diam., red, solitary, axillary; peduncle up to 4·5 cm. long, articulated above the middle.

Shrublet or perennial herb; stems stellate-hispid or strigose with yellowish patent simple or branched hairs.

Calyx up to 9 mm. long, stellate-hispidulous; lobes 7–8 × 1·5–2 mm., narrowly triangular, acute.

Staminal tube 7–9 mm. long; free parts of filaments 0·5 mm. long.

Epicalyx of 6–7 bracts; bracts 2–4 mm. long, narrowly linear.

Capsule 8–9 × 9–10 mm., subglobose, pubescent.

Seeds glabrous or minutely pubescent.

Style-branches 3–5 mm. long.

Life form	perennial
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Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
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Germination treatment	soaking
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:559918-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001077579
COL ID	3LJF3
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Hibiscus allenii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Hibiscus allenii Sprague & Hutch.

Species