Common name
English: Lemonyellow Rosemallow
English: Lemonyellow Rosemallow
Kingdom: Plantae (2633)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Malvales (80)
Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Hibiscus (9)
Epithet: calyphyllus Cav. (1)
Synonyms: Hibiscus calycinus Willd., Hibiscus wildii Suess.
calyphyllus => leafy calyx
wildii => in honor of Hiram Wild (1917-1982), English botanist who worked in Southern Rhodesia
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: purple, yellow
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