Summary ⁵

Hibiscus moscheutos (rose mallow, swamp rose-mallow, crimsoneyed rosemallow, eastern rosemallow) is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a cold-hardy perennial wetland plant that can grow in large colonies. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but are commonly deltoidal in shape with up to three lobes. It is found in wetlands and along the riverine systems of the southeastern United States from Texas to the Atlantic states

Ecology ⁶

It is a larval host for the common checkered skipper, the gray hairstreak, the Io moth, and the pearly wood nymph.

Read More ⁷

• http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=282590
• https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HIMO
• https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/sw_rsmallow.htm

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3. (c) Liv MW, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Liv MW
4. (c) John Beetham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by John Beetham
5. Adapted by Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_moscheutos
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_moscheutos
7. (c) Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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