Malvaceae
Dixie rosemallow
Hibiscus mutabilis
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Hibiscus
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- حب مسك متبدل, حب مسك متغاير
- Assamese
- স্থলপদ্ম
- Bangla
- স্থলপদ্ম
- Bulgarian
- Изменчив хибискус
- Burmese
- သုံးပန်လှပင်
- Cantonese
- 木芙蓉
- Chinese
- 木芙蓉, 木芙蓉花, 木芙蓉（重瓣木芙蓉）, 芙蓉叶, 芙蓉根, 芙蓉花, 酒醉芙蓉, 重瓣木芙蓉
- English
- Dixie rosemallow, Confederate rose, Cotton rose, Cotton rosemallow
- Esperanto
- Hibisko
- Hungarian
- Gyapotrózsa, Tajvani hibiszkusz
- Indonesian
- Waru landak
- Japanese
- フヨウ, 木芙蓉, 芙蓉
- Korean
- 부용, 목부용
- lzh
- 芙蓉
- Malay
- Bunga raya dadu, Baru landak
- Malayalam
- ചേഞ്ച് റോസ്, ചേഞ്ചിങ്ങ് റോസ്, മായച്ചെമ്പരുത്തി
- mnc
- ᡶᡠᠰᡠᡵᡳ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- pam
- Amapola
- Persian
- ختمی الوان
- Portuguese
- Rosa-de-são-francisco
- Russian
- Гибискус изменчивый
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇတၢင်ႈမႂ်ဢွၼ်ႇ, မွၵ်ႇလၢႆႈသၢမ်ၶၢဝ်း, မွၵ်ႇႁၢင်ႈလီသၢမ်ၶၢဝ်း
- Swedish
- Bomullshibiskus
- Thai
- พุดตาน
- Vietnamese
- Phù dung
- za
- Sabaizbeih
Synonyms
- Abelmoschus mutabilis (L.) Wall. ex Hassk.
- Hibiscus aestuans Rottler ex Mast.
- Hibiscus immutabilis Dehnh. ex Walp.
- Hibiscus immutabilis Dehnh.
- Hibiscus malvarosa Noronha
- Hibiscus mutabilis f. plenus S.Y.Hu
- Hibiscus mutabilis var. flore-pleno Andrews
- Hibiscus mutabilis var. roseoplenus Makino
- Hibiscus sinensis Mill.
- Ketmia mutabilis (L.) Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May, September to November (from 103 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guilherme Cameis Freda, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User ???? on zh.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 沈玟伶(Wen-Ling Shen), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sudipta Kr Rabha, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.