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Juno Beach, Florida, United States
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An eastern Africa species, also known as H. barbosae. A tall shrub whose serrated, heart-shaped leaves are not shown. Photo from southern Tanzania.
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Cadron Township, Arkansas, United States
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Scott's hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the island of Socotra (Soqotr) off the coast of YemenIUCN Status: VulnerablePhoto: Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. (Cultivated)
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Scott's hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the island of Socotra (Soqotr) off the coast of YemenIUCN Status: VulnerablePhoto: Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. (Cultivated)
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Scott's hibiscusMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the island of Socotra (Soqotr) off the coast of YemenIUCN Status: VulnerablePhoto: Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. (Cultivated)
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Mao hau heleMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)This subspecies grows to be small trees.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.The subspecies is mokuleianus is named for Mokulia, an area in the northern Waianae Mountains, Oahu where this subspecies is found.The Hawaiian name mao hau hele is from a combination of three things: Hau is an introduced hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), perhaps by early Hawaiians. Hele means "traveling." Mao means green, but the yellow flowers turn green when drying. Thus, mao hau hele literally means "green traveling hau."Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
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I just can not ignore this beautiful Chinese Rose. This photo was taken in the small public park near Mayfair Garden, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong.
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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This photo was taken in the Zoological and Botanic Garden, Hong Kong.
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Kokio keokeo or Molokai white hibiscusMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredOahu (Cultivated)The two native Hawaiian white hibiscuses, Hibiscus arnottianus and H. waimeae, are the only known species of hibiscuses in the world known to have fragrant flowers!EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet is named in for George Walker Arnott (1799-1868), Scottish botanist, traveler, collector and director of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens.Flowers have a white staminal (stamen) column and fittingly has the subspecific epithet immaculatus, Latin for "without spots" or "pure."NPH00030
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_arnottianus_i...
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Kokio keokeo or Molokai white hibiscusMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai only)EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)The two native Hawaiian white hibiscuses, Hibiscus arnottianus and H. waimeae, are the only known species of hibiscuses in the world known to have fragrant flowers!Early Hawaiians used these flowers medicinally. The bases of the buds of hau hele (H. arnottianus, H. furcellatus) were chewed by the mother and given to infants as a laxative. Too, children would chew and swallow seeds for general weakness of the body.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet is named in for George Walker Arnott (1799-1868), Scottish botanist, traveler, collector and director of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens.Flowers have a white staminal (stamen) column and fittingly has the subspecific epithet immaculatus, Latin for "without spots" or "pure."NPH00023
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_arnottianus_i...