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Malvaceae > Hibiscus (mallow)

Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus) Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)
Carteret Co., NC
18 July 2008

Rare in North Carolina in the southeastern coastal plain along forest edges.

Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus) Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)
Carteret Co., NC
18 July 2008

Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus) Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)
Carteret Co., NC
18 July 2008

Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus) Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)
Carteret Co., NC
18 July 2008

Note the elongate reddish-purple nectary on the back of each sepal.

Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus) Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)
Carteret Co., NC
18 July 2008

Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus) Comfortroot, Savanna Hibiscus (Hibiscus aculeatus)
Carteret Co., NC
18 July 2008


Hibiscus sp.
Along Sandy Creek in Durham, NC
8 Nov 2009

Hibiscus sp.
Along Sandy Creek in Durham, NC
8 Nov 2009

Hibiscus sp.
Along Sandy Creek in Durham, NC
8 Nov 2009

Hibiscus sp.
Along Sandy Creek in Durham, NC
8 Nov 2009

Hibiscus sp.
Along Sandy Creek in Durham, NC
8 Nov 2009

Hibiscus sp.
Along Sandy Creek in Durham, NC
8 Nov 2009


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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