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Hibiscus trionum

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Flower-of-an-Hour
Hibiscus trionum flower
Hibiscus trionum flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Hibiscus
Species: H. trionum
Binomial name
Hibiscus trionum
L.

Flower-of-an-Hour (Hibiscus trionum) is an annual plant that originally grew to the east of the Mediterranean, but it spread throughout southern Europe both as a weed and cultivated as a garden plant. The plant grows to a height of 20-50 cm, sometimes as much as 80 cm and has white or yellow flowers with a purple centre.

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Synonyms

Common names

  • Ajannäyttäjä (from Finnish)
  • Black-eyed Susan
  • Bladder hibiscus
  • Bladder ketmia
  • Bladder weed
  • Flower-of-the-Hour
  • Modesty
  • Rosemallow
  • Shoofly
  • Venice mallow

Scientific names

  • Hibiscus africanus Mill.
  • Hibiscus hispidus Mill.
  • Hibiscus ternatus Cav.
  • Hibiscus trionum var. ternatus DC.
  • Hibiscus vesicarius Cav.
  • Trionum annuum Medik.
  • Ketmia trionum (L.) Scop.

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