Hibiscus syriacus

 Vernacular names

English: Common Hibiscus · العربية: خطمية شجرية · Dansk: Syrisk rose · Deutsch: Straucheibisch · 한국어: 무궁화 · עברית: היביסקוס סורי · Nederlands: Tuinhibiscus · 日本語: ムクゲ · Polski: Ketmia syryjska · Русский: Гибискус сирийский · ไทย: ชบา · 中文: 木槿 ·

APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids II • Ordo: Malvales • Familia: Malvaceae • Subfamilia: Malvoideae • Genus: Hibiscus • Species: Hibiscus syriacus L. (1753)

 Synonyms

Ketmia syriaca (L.) Scop. (1772)

Type species

Habitus /Plants

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  Street tree in Copenhagen

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  Madeira, Palheiro Gardens

Named cultivars

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  'Hamabo'

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  'Oiseau Bleu' (syn. 'Blue Bird')

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  'Oiseau Bleu' (syn. 'Blue Bird')

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  'Red Heart'

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  'Red Heart'

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  'Lady Stanley'

Unidentified cultivars

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  The withering flower becomes blue

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Leaves, bark and fruit

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  Leaves

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  Bark

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  Fruit capsules in winter in Incheon Central Park (Korea)

Illustrations

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  f. violaceus

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  Hibiscus syriacus
  (as syn.
  Hibiscus syriacus
  chinensis)
  plate 106 in first Edition:
  J. Lindley & J. Paxton:
  Paxton's Flower Garden
  (1850-1853)

Wikispecies has an entry on: Hibiscus syriacus.