Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hibiscus > Hibiscus syriacusHibiscus syriacus (althea; rose of Sharon; rose-of-sharon; shrub althea; shrub-althea)Synonyms: Althaea frutex; Althaea furtex (homotypic); Hibiscus acerifolius (heterotypic); Hibiscus arborescens; Hibiscus chinensis (heterotypic); Hibiscus floridus; Hibiscus rhombifolius; Hibiscus syriacus f. albus-plenus; Hibiscus syriacus f. amplissimus; Hibiscus syriacus f. elegantissimus; Hibiscus syriacus f. grandiflorus (homotypic); Hibiscus syriacus f. paeoniflorus; Hibiscus syriacus f. totus-albus; Hibiscus syriacus f. violaceus; Hibiscus syriacus var. chinensis; Hibiscus syriacus var. micranthus; Hibiscus syriacus var. sinensis; Hibiscus syriacus var. syriacus; Ketmia arborea; Ketmia syriaca (homotypic); Ketmia syrorum Hibiscus syriacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Asia (though not, as Linnaeus thought, Syria, in spite of the name he gave it). Common names include rose of Sharon (especially in North America), Syrian ketmia or rose mallow (United Kingdom) and St Joseph's rod (Italy). |
| Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [3] | Perennial | | Pollinators [2] | Insects, Lepidoptera | | Structure [2] | Shrub | | Usage [2] | A low quality fibre is obtained from the stems. It is used for making cordage and paper;
The seed contains about 25% oil; No further details are given, but it is likely to be edible.
A hair shampoo is made from the leaves;
A blue dye is obtained from the flowers;
This species is planted as a hedge in S. Europe; | | | Height [2] | 9.84 feet (3 m) | | Width [2] | 6.56 feet (2 m) |
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Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park National Military Park |
V |
8248 |
Georgia, Tennessee, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield |
III |
560 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Friendship Hill National Historic Site |
III |
697 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
V |
435 |
Virginia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
III |
1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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Shiloh National Military Park |
III |
4061 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Korea, Republic Of (South) |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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