Hibiscus moscheutos

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Species Distribution Map
Family:MALVACEAE
Species:Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Common Name:Common Marsh Mallow; Crimson Eye Rose Mallow; Mallow Rose
Habitat:Brackish and freshwater marshes.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Common Marsh Mallow is a native herbaceous perennial in the Hibiscus family (Malvaceae). It is found throughout Alabama. Common Marsh Mallow occurs around ponds and lakes, along rivers and streams, around beaver ponds and sloughs, and in wet pastures and roadside ditches. It is a perennial with a woody crown. The roots are thick, cord-like, and often spongy. Several stems 4-8 feet in height are produced from each crown. The stems are usually unbranched, reddish in color, and pubescent with star shaped hairs. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, lanceolate, elliptic, or 3-lobed in outline, with crenate or serrate margins. The leaves are pubescent, especially on the lower surface. Flowers are solitary from the axils of the upper leaves. Each flower has a pubescent pedicel, 10-14 linear bracts, and a green calyx with 5 triangular lobes. The flowers are funnelform with 5 white to pink petals. The petals have a red spot at their base. The numerous stamens are fused with the style. The fruit is a capsule surrounded by the papery calyx. Common Marsh Mallow is one of the parents of the “hardy” perennial Hibiscus plants common in gardens throughout the south. It is available from some nurseries or can be grown from seeds or cuttings. It prefers a moist or wet organic rich soil in full sun.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyMALVACEAE - Mallow family
Genus Hibiscus
Species Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Common Marsh Mallow; Crimson Eye Rose Mallow; Mallow Rose

Citation

Citation Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 693. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 875.1). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal, in C.E. Jarvis, Order out of Chaos 570. 2007.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. palustris Hibiscus moscheutos L. ssp. palustris (L.) R.T. Clausen, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 291: 8. 1949.  
Hibiscus incanus Hibiscus incanus J. C. Wendland, Bot. Beob. 54. 1798. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data (neotype: J. C. Wendland, Hort. Herrenhus 4: t. 25. 1801). Neotypified by O. J. Blanchard, Novon 18: 4-5. 2008.
Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. incanus Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus, subsp. incanus (J. C. Wendland) Ahles, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 173. 1964.Hibiscus incanus J. C. Wendland 1798. 
Hibiscus oculiroseus    
Hibiscus palustris    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Pike, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0047017 Autauga 15 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
70		 UWAL
Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus
TROY000047682 Autauga 15 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
70		 TROY
Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus
TROY000048560 Autauga 28 Jun 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1032		 TROY
Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus
UWAL0046711 Autauga 26 Jun 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1736a		 UWAL
Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus
TROY000048884 Autauga 26 Jun 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1736a		 TROY
Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus
AUA000043053 Baldwin 27 Aug 1925 WOLF, WOLFGANG
2351		 AUA
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS L.
USAM000008480 Baldwin 10 Jun 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3267		 USAM
Hibiscus moscheutos Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_19500 Baldwin 26 Jul 1969 MOORE, HAROLD D.
528-69		 AUA
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS L.
AUA_ACC_57454 Baldwin 1 Jun 1972 KRAL, ROBERT
47053		 AUA
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS L.
AUA_ACC_41851 Baldwin 21 Oct 1973 WRIGHT, D.
186		 AUA
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS L.
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