Hibiscus heterophyllus

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Malvales > Malvaceae >  Hibiscus  heterophyllus

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Plant  information

Common name:       Native Rosella 

• Also, toilet paper bush 

Etymology:   

• Heterophyllus) means "differleaved" with reference to having varying shaped leaves

Flowers:                  

• White, pale pink or yellow flowers with a dark red centre 

• he flowers are borne singly in leaf axils, calyx lobes lance-shaped, 20–35 mm  long with a dense covering of rusty-coloured star shaped, short, matted hairs

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is 20 mm long and covered with straw-coloured short, soft, upright hairs 

• Flowering occurs from spring to summer

Leaves:         

•  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 long 

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It a shrub or small tree with more or less smooth, prickly stems

Habitat:   

• Usually found in open forest, rainforest or nearby

Distribution:                  

• From north-east Queensland to the south coast of NSW

Additional notes:        

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_heterophyllus (2023)