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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Hibiscus schizopetalus (Dyer) Hook f.
Fringed rosemallow

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: H. rosa-sinensis var. schizopetalus.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Reported in 1971 by Robert W. Long and Olga Lakela as naturalizing on shell mounds and near old habitations in southern Florida and the Florida Keys, but there are no herbarium specimens and we have not observed any naturalized plants in the Florida Keys.

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Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Hibiscus schizopetalus has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Not Native, Cultivated Only






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Hibiscus schizopetalus

Hibiscus schizopetalus