Hibiscus calyphyllus
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Katanga Province, DRC
Apr 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Mar 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Mar 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Mar 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Synonyms: |
Hibiscus borbonicus Link Hibiscus calycinus Willd. Hibiscus calyphyllus var. grandiflorus De Wild. Hibiscus grandifolius Hochst. ex A.Rich. Hibiscus wildii Suess. |
| Common names: | Lemon Yellow Rosemallow (English) |
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| Description: |
Shrub or perennial herb up to 3 m tall; stems tomentose or pubescent when young, later glabrescent. Leaf-lamina up to 12 × 12 cm, suborbicular in outline, obscurely or distinctly 3–5-lobed, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilosulose above, stellate-pubescent or stellate-pilose or stellate-tomentose beneath, apex acute, margin serrate, base cordate or subcordate; petiole usually up to 9 (18) cm long, stellate-pilose; stipules up to 15 mm long, filiform or subsetaceous, somewhat expanded at the base. Flowers up to 12 cm in diam., yellow usually with a brownish or dark red centre, solitary, axillary; peduncle c. 7 (10) mm long, stellate-pubescent, usually rather inconspicuously articulated near the base. Epicalyx of 5 bracts, stellate-pubescent; bracts up to 18 mm long, varying greatly in shape but nearly always broadest near the middle then narrowed suddenly to a caudate tip which is a prolongation of the midrib, joined for 3–4 mm at the base. Calyx up to 16 mm long, stellate-tomentellous; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, usually 3-nerved, joined to nearly half-way. Petals up to 6 × 4.5 cm, obliquely obovate, pubescent outside, glabrous within. Capsule 25 × 15 mm, ellipsoid; valves aristate. Seeds 3 × 2.5 mm, subreniform, tomentellous. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | calyphyllus: with leaf-like calyx |
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| Flowering time: | Feb - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Saudi Arabia south through East, Central and Southern Africa as well as Reunion and Mauritius |
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| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 199. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 157. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 84. |
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