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|accepted_name=Hibiscus syriacus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 695. 1753
|year=1753
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|common_names=Rose-of-Sharon;shrub althaea;Korean hibiscus
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Hibiscus;Hibiscus syriacus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hibiscus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hibiscus syriacus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 253, 254, 256
|treatment_page=page 255
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>to 4 m. <b>Stems</b>: twigs ± glabrous except for line of minute, curved hairs running length of internode. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules linear to filiform, 2.5–12 mm; petiole mostly 1/4–1/2 blade, densely hairy adaxially; blade broadly rhombic-ovate, usually 3-lobed, sometimes unlobed in inflorescence, 3.5–9.5 × 2.5–8.5 cm, base cuneate or rounded, margins coarsely crenate-serrate, apex acute to short-acuminate, surfaces glabrate, midvein with nectary abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers or few-flowered clusters in axils of distal leaves. <b>Pedicels</b> jointed at or near base, to 1.5 cm, densely, minutely stellate-hairy; involucellar bractlets 7 or 8, linear or narrowly oblanceolate, 0.9–2.2 cm, unequal in length, margins not ciliate, densely stellate-hairy throughout. <b>Flowers</b> horizontal or ascending, sometimes double; calyx lobed 1/2 length, broadly campanulate, 1.6–2 cm, lobes triangular, apices acute or short-acuminate, minutely and densely stellate-hairy throughout, nectaries absent; corolla broadly funnelform, petals pink, lavender, blue, or white, usually dark red basally, obliquely obovate, 3.5–7.5 × 2.5–5.5 cm, margins entire or repand, sometimes undulate, finely hairy where exposed in bud; staminal column white, 2.5–3.5 cm, bearing filaments nearly throughout, free portion of filaments not secund, mostly 1.5–3 mm; pollen cream; styles white, 3–8 mm, branches sometimes of unequal lengths; stigmas white. <b>Capsules</b> greenish tan, ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm, apex apiculate, minutely, densely stellate-hairy. <b>Seeds</b> reddish brown, reniform-ovoid, laterally flattened, 4–5 mm, glabrous laterally, long-hairy dorsally, hairs straight, reddish orange. <b>2n</b> = 40, 80, 90 (all cultivars).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid–late summer.
|habitat=Old home sites, roadsides, disturbed areas
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Utah;Va.;W.Va.;Asia (China);introduced also in Mexico;Bermuda;Central America;w South America;s Eurasia;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Asia (China); introduced also in Mexico, Bermuda, Central America, w South America, s Eurasia, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia.</p><!--
--><p><i>Hibiscus syriacus</i> is not the biblical Rose-of-Sharon, which is identified as <i>Lilium</i> candidum or <i>Tulipa</i> agenensis subsp. boissieri (D. J. Mabberley 2008).</p><!--
--><p><i>Hibiscus syriacus</i> is widely cultivated as an ornamental and sometimes persists or escapes. It has been reported from southern Canada, Indiana, Ohio, and Texas; I have not seen specimens from those areas. Double and semidouble forms of <i>H. syriacus</i> are in cultivation.</p>
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name=Hibiscus syriacus
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|authority=Linnaeus
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|parent rank=genus
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|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid–late summer.
|habitat=Old home sites, roadsides, disturbed areas
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Utah;Va.;W.Va.;Asia (China);introduced also in Mexico;Bermuda;Central America;w South America;s Eurasia;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Hibiscus
|species=Hibiscus syriacus
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