Plant Name
Scientific Name: Hibiscus denudatus
Common Names: Paleface, Rock Hibiscus, Naked Hibiscus
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial, Deciduous
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert
Flower Color: Pink, Pinkish white, Pinkish lavender
Flowering Season: Winter (late), Spring, Summer, Fall (early). It blooms sporadically throughout much of the year, but the peak bloom times are in the spring and then again in late summer after the summer monsoon rains.
Height: To 3 feet (91 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) across and have 5 broad petals streaked with red at the base and a central column of fused stamens. The flowers are followed by 5-chambered seed capsules. The leaves have toothed margins and are alternate, hairy, grayish green in color, and round to oblong in shape.
Classification
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 denudatus Benth. – paleface
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