TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Hibiscus trionum
Bladder Hibiscus, Bladder Ketmia, Flower-of-the-hour, Modesty, Venice MallowFamily: Malvaceae
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
The bushy plants bear lovely silvery-yellow flowers, each with a chocolate-purple centre. Hibiscus trionum is generally grown as an annual, flowering and setting seed within one season. In frost free areas they can be grown as perennials.
Similar plants:
- Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus (Okra, Bamia, Gombo)
- Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus abelmoschus (Musk Mallow)
- Alyogyne hakeifolia, Hibiscus hakeifolius, Cienfuegosia hakeifolia, Fugosia hakeifolia, Alyogyne lilacina (Red-centred Hibiscus, Desert Rose)
- Alyogyne huegelii, Hibiscus geranifolius (Blue Hibiscus)
- Hibiscus acetosella (African Rosemallow, Maple Sugar, Red Hibiscus, Cranberry Shield)
- Hibiscus arnottianus (Hawaiian White Hibiscus, Hau hele, O'ahu White Hibiscus)
- Hibiscus Aurora (Hibiscus Aurora)
- Hibiscus cannabinus (Kenaf, Java Jute, Salad Hibiscus, Sleepy Hibiscus)
- Hibiscus Celia (Double red hibiscus)
- Hibiscus coccineus (Scarlet Hibiscus, Scarlet Rose Mallow, Swamp Hibiscus)
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