Hibiscus heterophyllus

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Native rosella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Hibiscus
Species:
H. heterophyllus
Binomial name
Hibiscus heterophyllus

Hibiscus heterophyllus, commonly known as native rosella or toilet paper bush, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It a shrub or small tree with white, pale pink or yellow flowers with a dark red centre and grows in New South Wales and Queensland.

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Description

Hibiscus heterophyllus is a shrub or small tree with more or less smooth, prickly stems. The lower leaves are egg-shaped or with 3-5 lobes, upper leaves are narrowly oval shaped to narrowly lance shaped and 5–18 cm (2.0–7.1 in) long. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils, calyx lobes lance-shaped, 20–35 mm (0.79–1.38 in) long with a dense covering of rusty-coloured star shaped, short, matted hairs. The flower corolla 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) long, pale pink, white or yellow with a dark red centre. The fruit is 20 mm (0.79 in) long and covered with straw-coloured short, soft, upright hairs. Flowering occurs from spring to summer. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Hibiscus heterophyllus was first formally described in 1805 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat and the description was published in Jardin de la Malmaison. [4] [5] The specific epithet (heterophyllus) means "different" and "leaved" with reference to having varying shaped leaves. [3] [6]

Distribution and habitat

This species is usually found in open forest, rainforest or nearby, from north-east Queensland to the south coast of New South Wales. [2]

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References

  1. "Hibiscus heterophyllus". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Mitchell, A.S; Norris, E.H. "Hibiscus heterophyllus". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Hibiscus heterophyllus". Australian Native Plant Society (Australia). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. "Hibiscus heterophyllus". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. Ventenat, E. P (1805). Jardin de la Malmaison (2 ed.). Paris. p. 103.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 327. ISBN   9780958034180.