ROSE MALLOW
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Hibiscus moscheutos L.
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| Clay County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 3-8 feet |
| Family: Malvaceae - Mallow Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Crimson-eyed rose mallow, swamp rose mallow. | | Stems: | | Erect, covered with fine star-like pubescence or nearly glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, lanceolate to ovate, to 9 inches long, 1.25 to 3.5 inches wide, (about 2.5 times as long as wide), unlobed or middle and lower blades obscurely lobed; upper surface dark green, glabrous; lower surface covered with fine star-like pubescence; margins coarsely to shallowly toothed; bases rounded to nearly heart-shaped; tips tapering to points; stalks slender, up to 2 inches long. | | Inflorescences: | | Solitary flowers in leaf axils; flower stalks jointed near or above middle, fused to subtending leaf stalk for portion of their length. | | Flowers: | | Calyx subtended by 8-12 bracts; sepals more or less united; corolla 4 to 8 inches wide; petals 5, white or cream-colored with red or purple bases; stamen column about 4/5 inch thick, bearing anthers along sides; style about 2.5 inch long. | | Fruits: | | Capsule, egg-shaped, 1 to 1.2 inch long, mostly glabrous, tapering to an erect beak, enclosed by the enlarged, persistent calyx. | | Habitat: | | Marshes, swamps, and wet meadows. | | Distribution: | | East 1/2 of Kansas. |
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| Rose mallow inflorescence |  | | 105 KB | | Clay County, Kansas |
| | Rose mallow flower |  | | 84 KB | | Clay County, Kansas |
| | Rose mallow |  | | 81 KB | | Clay County, Kansas |
| | Rose mallow flower |  | | 73 KB | | Clay County, Kansas |
| | Rose mallow leaf |  | | 95 KB | | Clay County, Kansas |
| | Rose mallow calyx |  | | 93 KB | | Clay County, Kansas |
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