Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Hibiscus diversifolius

Flower and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, south of Port Macquarie

Leafy stem. Photographer John Tann, near Byron Bay

Plant. Photographer John Tann, near Byron Bay

Common name

Swamp hibiscus

Family

Malvaceae

Where found

Low swampy areas, sometimes appearing semi-aquatic. Coastal north from Jervis Bay.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m high. Stems hairy and prickly. Leaves alternating up the stems. Lower leaves 3–8 cm long, margins entire to 3–5-lobed. Upper leaves on the flowering branches greatly reduced. Flowers yellow with a red spot at the base of the petals, 30–50 cm long, with 5 petals. Flowers single or forming an elongated cluster.

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hibiscus~diversifolius  (accessed 19 January, 2021)