Common name: Pink Hibiscus, Hollyhock Tree
Hibiscus splendens C.Fraser ex Graham APNI* Synonyms: Abelmoschus splendens (C.Fraser ex Graham) Walp. APNI*
Description: Tall shrub or small tree to 6 m high, with a dense velvety pubescence, interspersed with prickles.
Lower leaves palmately 3–5-lobed, lamina 6–15 cm long; upper leaves lanceolate to ovate, lamina 3–8 cm long.
Flowers solitary, axillary. Epicalyx segments 10–12, linear, 18–25 mm long. Calyx lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 30–40 mm long; nectaries absent. Corolla c. 7 cm long, pink.
Capsule 30 mm long, with a dense covering of long-appressed straw-coloured hairs.
Distribution and occurrence: Usually on rocky slopes in mixed forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by A. S. Mitchell & E. H. Norris
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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