-
Dwarf hibiscus or Brazilian rosemallowMalvaceaeNative to The Caribbean, Central America to northern South AmericaOahu, (Cultivated)
-
-
Dwarf hibiscus or Brazilian rosemallowMalvaceaeNative to The Caribbean, Central America to northern South AmericaOahu, (Cultivated)
-
Kokio keokeo or Molokai white hibiscusMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Molokai only)EndangeredHawaii Island (Cultivated)The flowers of this particular plant are turning out to be huge!The two native Hawaiian white hibiscuses, Hibiscus arnottianus and H. waimeae, are the only known species of hibiscuses in the world known to have fragrant flowers!Early Hawaiians used these flowers medicinally. The bases of the buds of hau hele (H. arnottianus, H. furcellatus) were chewed by the mother and given to infants as a laxative. Too, children would chew and swallow seeds for general weakness of the body.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet is named in for George Walker Arnott (1799-1868), Scottish botanist, traveler, collector and director of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens.Flowers have a white staminal (stamen) column and fittingly has the subspecific epithet immaculatus, Latin for "without spots" or "pure."
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_arnottianus_i...
-
Mao hau heleMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu only)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Budding branch. Open flower seen at
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4797239047/in/photolist-...This subspecies grows to be a small tree.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.The subspecies is mokuleianus is named for Mokulia, an area in the northern Waianae Mountains, Oahu where this subspecies is found.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
-
Winter is here in Hawaii when we see mao hau hele blooming! (Actually this has been blooming for a couple of months now)Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. mokuleianusMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu only)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)This subspecies grows to be a small tree.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Mao hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei) has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.The subspecies mokuleianus is named for Mokulia, an area in the northern Waianae Mountains, Oahu where this subspecies is found.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
-
-
Mao hau heleMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu only)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)This subspecies grows to be a small tree.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.The subspecies mokuleianus is named for Mokulia, an area in the northern Waianae Mountains, Oahu where this subspecies is found.NPH00023
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
-
-
Mao hau heleMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)This subspecies grows to be small trees.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.The subspecies is mokuleianus is named for Mokulia, an area in the northern Waianae Mountains, Oahu where this subspecies is found.The Hawaiian name mao hau hele is from a combination of three things: Hau is an introduced hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), perhaps by early Hawaiians. Hele means "traveling." Mao means green, but the yellow flowers turn green when drying. Thus, mao hau hele literally means "green traveling hau."Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
-
Mao hau heleMalvaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu only)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)This subspecies grows to be a small tree.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)NPH00014
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
-
-
-
Mao hau heleMalvaceae (Mallow family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)IUCN: EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)This subspecies grows to be small trees.Mao hau hele was planted for an ornamental use by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, the Greek name for mallow.The specific epithet brackenridgei is named after William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893), Scottish-American horticulturist and superintendent of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.The subspecies is mokuleianus is named for Mokulia, an area in the northern Waianae Mountains, Oahu where this subspecies is found.The Hawaiian name mao hau hele is from a combination of three things: Hau is an introduced hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), perhaps by early Hawaiians. Hele means "traveling." Mao means green, but the yellow flowers turn green when drying. Thus, mao hau hele literally means "green traveling hau."Hibiscus brackenridgei has been chosen to represent the official flower for the State of Hawaii. (See story at the website below)
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_brackenridgei...
-
Hibiscus syriacus 'Diana'Rose of Sharon 'Diana'. One of the many species called "Rose of Sharon", a reference to Song of Solomon 2:1. Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea. You will see it on the side of police cars, military officer pips and nearly every official seal. Korea is, as well, compared poetically to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. Photographed in a private garden in Berkeley, CA.
-
Native in China, this beautiful flower is the national flower of S. Korea. This photo was taken in the Po Lin Monastery here in Hong Kong.
-
-
East Marlborough, Pennsylvania, United States
-
Hibiscus syriacus L.MALVACEAE Local: Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: Lorenzi, H. e Souza, H.M. Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil. 4 edio. Plantarum, 2008.
-
This photo was taken in the Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden here in Hong Kong.
-
Hibiscus syriacus L.MALVACEAE Local: Braslia, Brasil.Ref.: Lorenzi, H. e Souza, H.M. Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil. 4 edio. Plantarum, 2008.
-
-
King Canyon Trail, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, Feb 10, 2012This flower extends from Arizona and California to the tip of Baja California in Mexico.
-
Lawn Hill, Queensland, Australia