PLANTS Profile for Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (shoeblackplant)

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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
shoeblackplant


Symbol:		HIRO3
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Malvaceae
Growth Habit:		Tree Subshrub Shrub
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Plant Distribution by State:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

State Distributional Map for Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. occures in the following states: Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Related Taxa:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 40 species in Hibiscus

Classification:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae –
Order	Malvales –
Family	Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus	Hibiscus L. – rosemallow
Species	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. – shoeblackplant

Introduced Information:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21616.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.