NameThatPlant.net: Hibiscus aculeatus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hibiscus aculeatus FAMILY Malvaceae Go to FSUS key

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-004:

Hibiscus aculeatus FAMILY Malvaceae

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 122-08-004:
Hibiscus aculeatus FAMILY Malvaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, swamp forests, 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

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