The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to HIBISCUS

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Annual; petals yellow with dark basal spot; calyx inflated, bladder-like in fruit
 H. trionum
  1' Perennial or subshrub; petals white to rose; calyx not inflated in fruit
 
    2. Leaf blade 1–3 cm, ovate; flowers scattered; peduncle < 1 cm; sepals fused only at base; petals < 2.5 cm; seed densely silky
 H. denudatus
    2' Leaf blade 6–10 cm, cordate; flowers near stem tip; peduncle 1–8 cm; sepals fused halfway; petals 6–10 cm; seed glabrous
 H. lasiocarpus

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