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Hibiscus malacospermus E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hibiscus

Characteristics

Leaf-lamina 2–8 × 0·1–1·5 cm., narrowly linear, linear-elliptic or narrowly oblong, entire or rarely with a few coarse teeth, appressed-stellate-setulose especially on the nerves and margins, apex acute (rarely rounded), base narrowly cuneate 3–5-nerved; petiole up to 1 mm. long; stipules up to 12 mm. long, linear to subulate.
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Calyx 15–22 mm. long, usually slightly exceeding the epicalyx; lobes up to 20 × 6 mm., ovate-lanceolate, acute, slightly acuminate, stellate-setose, stellate-setulose or stellate-hispid especially on the margins, slightly joined at the base.
Flowers up to 8 cm. in diam., purple, solitary, axillary; peduncle up to 6 cm. long, stellate-setose or stellate-hispid, articulated 5–10 mm. below the apex.
Epicalyx of 7–8 bracts; bracts up to 18 × 2 mm., linear, acute, sparsely stellate-setulose.
Petals up to 5 × 3 cm., narrowly obovate to obovate, glabrous or nearly so.
Perennial herb 6–24 cm. tall, with woody rootstock; stems stellate-setose.
Staminal tube 10–12 mm. long; free parts of filaments 1–2 mm. long.
Capsule 10–12 × 10 mm., subglobose, sparsely setose.
Seeds 3 × 2 mm., subreniform, tomentellous.
Style-branches 4 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.24
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Charm (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Germination treatment soaking
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:560489-1
WFO ID wfo-0001077597
COL ID 3LJY3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hibiscus tridentatus Hibiscus malacospermus Kosteletzkya malacosperma
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