✿Malvaceae · Malvaviscus
Sleeping Hibiscus
Malvaviscus penduliflorus
outdoor
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Malvaviscus penduliflorus
- Genus
- Malvaviscus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“It has pointed, ovular leaves and hairy stems.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sleeping Hibiscus itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sleeping Hibiscus itself; the rest are typical of the Malvaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sleeping Hibiscus
Sleeping Hibiscus (Malvaviscus penduliflorus) belongs to the Malvaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 19 other states.
Botanical family
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
Sleeping Hibiscus belongs to the Malvaceae family.
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