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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hibiscus aculeatus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Savanna Hibiscus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus aculeatus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hibiscus aculeatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-004:
Hibiscus aculeatus FAMILY Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus aculeatus
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus
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JK Marlow jkm090718_015b
July Williamsburg County SC
Roadside
Corolla cream-colored, turning deeper yellow, then finally pink, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm090718_015c
July Williamsburg County SC
Calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, with long stiff pustulate-based trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090718_020
July Williamsburg County SC
Roadside
Flowers in leafy bracteate racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090718_024
July Williamsburg County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090718_030
July Williamsburg County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm090718_035
July Williamsburg County SC
Roadside
Extended crimson stamen column topped by a pistil with a 5-parted stigma, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090718_036
July Williamsburg County SC
Roadside
Corolla with a purple center, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hibiscus_aculeatus
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hibiscus_aculeatus_9
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hibiscus_aculeatus_25
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hibiscus aculeatus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hibiscus aculeatus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hibiscus aculeatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-004:
Hibiscus aculeatus
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hibiscus aculeatus
682
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet to moist pine savannas, swamp forests, coastal marsh transitions, dry sandy or loamy soils of maritime forest edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Stipules are persistent.
FLOWER:
Summer
Cream turning yellowish then pink
(with a crimson center)
5 sepals united at base or more than half their length
5 petals united at base
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary
Flowers in leafy-bracteate racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p178
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p098
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p159
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p378
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p155
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p183
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p049
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p255
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