Malvaceae
Scarlet rosemallow
Hibiscus coccineus
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Hibiscus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- خطمي قرمزي
- arz
- خطمى قرمزى
- Bangla
- দুপুরমনি
- Bulgarian
- Брилянтен хибискус, Тексаска звезда
- Chinese
- 紅秋葵, 红秋葵, 槭葵
- English
- Scarlet rosemallow, Brilliant hibiscus, Scarlet hibiscus, Texas star
- Japanese
- モミジアオイ, コウショッキ, 紅葉葵, 紅蜀葵
Synonyms
- Hibiscus semilobatus Chapm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eran Finkle from Israel, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caeruleo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.