Hibiscus diversifolius subsp. diversifolius dt

Erect, prickly, perennial to 2.5 m. Leaves 3--5-palmate, coarsely toothed, on long prickly petioles. Flowers shortly pedicellate in terminal racemes, large, yellow with dark centre, epicalyx of 10--12 linear lobes, staminal tube to 20 mm long.