OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



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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image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

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).

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

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).

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

JK Marlow    jkm090718_020

July    Williamsburg County    SC

Roadside

Flowers in leafy bracteate racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

JK Marlow    jkm090718_024

July    Williamsburg County    SC

Roadside

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

JK Marlow    jkm090718_030

July    Williamsburg County    SC

Roadside

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

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).

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

JK Marlow    jkm090718_036

July    Williamsburg County    SC

Roadside

Corolla with a purple center, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hibiscus_aculeatus

July        

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hibiscus_aculeatus_9

July        

image of Hibiscus aculeatus, Savanna Hibiscus, Comfort-root, Pineland Hibiscus

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

682

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)

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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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