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Flos Hibisci L profile

Written by Maggie

Jan 19 2021

Flos Hibisci L profile

Flos Hibisci L is a deciduous shrub belonging to the genus Malvaceae Hibiscus, with gray-brown bark, many branches, small angles, and an upright tree. The leaves are not ovate or 4-lobed above the middle, the stems are wedge-shaped, 3 veins are obvious, and the leaf margins have irregular thick serrations or shortness. The flowers are solitary in leaf axils, and the corolla is bell-shaped; it has white, lavender, light red and purple red. For vegetable planting, pure white and light pink double-petal species are better; gardening varieties have multiple petals. Flowering period is from June to September, withered in the evening. The capsules are oblong, dark gray-brown, and mature in September to November.

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Flos Hibisci L

Flos Hibisci L morphological characteristics

Flos Hibisci L is a deciduous shrub, 3-4 meters high, with small branches densely covered with yellow stellate hairs. The leaves are rhomboid to triangular-ovate, 3-10 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, with different depths of 3-lobed or undivided, blunt apex, wedge-shaped base, irregular teeth on the edge, and micro-hair or underside along the veins Subglabrous; petiole 5-25 mm long, stellate pilose above; stipules linear, about 6 mm long, sparsely pilose. Flowers are solitary in the leaf axils of the branches, pedicels 4-14 mm long, stellate short hairs; bracteoles 6-8, linear, 6-15 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, densely covered with stellate sparse hairs; Calyx bell-shaped, 14-20 mm long, densely covered with stellate short hairs, lobes 5, triangular; flower bell-shaped, lavender, 5-6 cm in diameter, petals obovate, 3.5-4.5 cm long, sparsely cilia and star outside Long pilose; stamen column approximately 3 cm; style stigma glabrous. The capsule is ovoid, about 12 mm in diameter, densely covered with yellow stellate villi; the seeds are kidney-shaped, and the back is yellow-white pilose. Flowering period is from July to October.

Flos Hibisci L

Flos Hibisci L distribution range

Flos Hibisci L is distributed in Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi and other provinces. It is cultivated in various provinces of China.

Flos Hibisci L