Nearctica - Eastern Wildflowers - Malvaceae - Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow (Hibiscus laevis)

Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow

(Hibiscus laevis)

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Hibiscus moscheutos

Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow can be mistaken for Swamp Rose Mallow. All the leaves of Swamp Rose Mallow are ovate, not elongate, arrow-leaved. The underside of Swamp Rose Mallow leaves are covered with a fine pubescence.

Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow (Hibiscus laevis)

Identification: Flower large (4 to 6 inches in width) white-pink to light pink, with center reddish-purple. Stamens in a bushy column. Leaves without hair on both sides, lower leaves elongate, pointed at the apex and with two arrowhead shaped projections at the base of the plant. Plant 3 to 5 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout the eastern United States.

Habitat: Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow is found along the banks of rivers and in swamps.

Flowering period: July to September.

Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow (Hibiscus laevis)

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Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)

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