Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Hibiscus geranioides A.Cunn. ex Benth.
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Flower. © R.L. Barrett
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Leaves and fruit. © R.L. Barrett
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Family
Bentham, G. (1863) Flora Australiensis 1: 215. Type: N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Vansittarts Bay, N.W. coast, A. Cunningham.
Common name
Hibiscus, Dwarf Native; Dwarf Native Hibiscus
Stem
Flowers and fruits as a shrub about 2 m tall.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Occurs in CYP, NEQ and CEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 300 m ? Usually grows in open eucalypt forest but sometimes found on the margins of monsoon forest and vine thickets.
RFK Code
3126
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