HALBERD-LEAF ROSE-MALLOW
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Hibiscus laevis  All.
[=Hibiscus militaris Cav.]
Douglas County, Kansas
Perennial
Height: 28-80 inches
Family: Malvaceae - Mallow Family
Flowering Period:   July, August, September,October
Also Called: Scarlet rose-mallow.
Stems: Erect, simple or branched. Plants glabrous or nearly so.
Leaves: Cauline, alternate, simple; stipules present; blades ovate to triangular-ovate, 1.2 to 7 inches long, .8 to 6 inches wide, base cordate to truncate, margins hastately 3-5-lobed and serrate, tip acute to acuminate.
Inflorescences: Solitary flowers, axillary; involucel bracts 8-16, linear, .8 to 1.2 inch.
Flowers: Calyx campanulate, .8 to 1.2 inch, remaining green, glabrous or nearly so, lobes 5, triangular, connate basally, apex acute; corolla funnelform, petals 5, pink or white, with red basal spot, obovate, 2.4 to 3 inches long, .8 to 2 inches wide: staminal column bearing anthers along sides and at summit, forming tube around pistil.
Fruits: Capsules ovoid, .7 to 1.2 inch, glabrous; seeds brown or reddish brown, reniform-globose, .1 to .2 inch.
Habitat: Edges of lakes and ponds, backwater areas along rivers and streams, freshwater marshes, wet ditches
Distribution: East 1/2 of Kansas
Origin: Native
Comments: Hibiscus, Greek and Latin name for a mallow.

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