Hibiscus aridicola J.Anthony

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hibiscus

Characteristics

Shrubs deciduous, erect, 1-2 m tall; most parts densely yellow stellate tomentose, hairs of 2 sizes, more scalelike on veins. Branchlets terete or angular. Stipules filiform, 5-8 mm; petiole 1-6 cm; leaf blade ovate or orbicular-ovate, not lobed, 5-8 × 5-10 cm, thickly or thinly leathery, base truncate or cordate, margin dentate, apex acute to obtuse. Flowers solitary, subterminal. Pedicel 2.5-6 cm, articulate at end. Epicalyx lobes 6, linear-spatulate to oblanceolate, 8-12 × 2-4.5 mm, stellate scaly, apex rounded. Calyx cup-shaped, 2-2.2 × ca. 2 cm, lobes joined for more than 1/2 length, triangular-acuminate, 2.5-3 cm, abaxially densely yellow to brown stellate floccose interspersed with larger, paler stellate scales, adaxially sparsely villous near margins, barbate at base. Corolla white, sometimes tinged yellow in center, ± reflexed; petals obovate, 4-4.5 × ca. 4 cm. Staminal column 2-2.5 cm; anthers very dense, brick-red. Style exserted from filament tube by ca. 1 cm, curved, branches 5, not spreading, sometimes sparsely ciliate toward apex. Capsule ovoid, ca. 2.3 cm. Seeds reniform, woolly, hairs white, ca. 5 mm. Fl. Oct-Nov.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Hibiscus aridicola world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:559951-1
WFO ID wfo-0001078131
COL ID 3LJG7
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Synonyms

Hibiscus aridicola Hibiscus aridicola var. glabratus Hibiscus aridicola var. aridicola