Hibiscus sturtii
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| Hill hibiscus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Hibiscus |
| Species: | H. sturtii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hibiscus sturtii | |
Hibiscus sturtii commonly known as "hill hibiscus",[2] is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a small shrub with pink, mauve or white flowers, hairy grey-green leaves and is endemic to Australia. Two forms are recognized; var. sturtii and var. muelleri.[3]
Hibiscus sturtii is a small understory shrub to 60 cm (24 in) high, occasionally prostrate, grey-green leaves thickly covered in star-shaped hairs, egg to lance-shaped or oblong-lance shaped, 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long, rounded at the apex and the petiole 4–18 mm (0.16–0.71 in) long. The pink, mauve or white flower petals may have a dark basal spot, corolla 1.5–2.5 cm (0.59–0.98 in) long, calyx lobes lance or triangular shaped, 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and the peduncle 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) long. Flowering occurs from autumn to spring and the fruit is a densely hairy globular capsule 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long.[2][4]