Hibiscus palustris L. (swamp rose mallow), close-up of flower bud
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digital color photograph
Born digital
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2005
Hibiscus palustris L. (swamp rose mallow), perennial swamp wildflower, vigorous sturdy rounded, somewhat shrubby hairy-stemmed woody-based 3-7’ tall and to 2-4’ wide, native to wet spots (marshes, swamps, floodplains, river banks, moist meadows, and moist woods), flowers are showy dinner plate-sized hollyhock-like 4-6” diameter having five overlapping white or creamy white or pink petals, each flower has a prominent and showy central staminal column of white to pale yellow anthers surrounding an even longer style, leaves are alternate broad-ovate to lanceolate 3-8” long with toothed margins green above and white-hairy beneath lobeless or have 3-5 shallow lobes
