Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Hibiscus moscheutos

swamp mallow, swamp hibiscus, swamp rosemallow
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

swamp mallow, swamp hibiscus, swamp rosemallow

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Hibiscus moscheutos

Familia:

Malvaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

2-6 ft tall by 2-4 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,pink

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

winter dormant

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Use in moist areas as a wildflower. It is semi-woody, and if given adequate moisture can be a specimen plant.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Seed. Tip cuttings taken in early summer root readily with adequate moisture.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Organic

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars



  • Larval host of  Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper butterflies and  four moths : Pearly Wood Nymph, Yellow Scallop Moth, Io Moth,  and Delightful Bird-Dropping Moths.


  • Attracts butterflies and  native bees (including the Rose-mallow Bee which is a Hibiscus specialist), beetles, etc. 


Pollinated by bees, especially bumblebees and solitary anthophorid bees ( Ptilithrix bombiformis ).  Butterflies are attracted to the nector.

Hábitats nativos:

Wet sites. Wet pine flatwoods, edges of sloughs, swamps, bogs, brackish and freshwater marshes and ditches.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

The stems become slimy when cooked and can be whipped into a fluffy consistency (like egg whites). This was mixed with sugar and used as a delivery system for bad tasting medicines. These were the original "marshmallows."

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Blanchard, O. J., Jr. (1976). A revision of species segregated from Hibiscus sect. Trionum (Medicus) de Candolle sensu lato (Malvaceae). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. 350 p. Dissertation.


US Forest Service. (2000). Fire Effects Information System Plant Profile: Hibiscus moscheutos. ( https://research.fs.usda.gov/feis/species-reviews/hibmos ). Accessed 2026. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.


Minno, Marc, and Maria Minno. (1999). Florida Butterfly Gardening: A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Snow, Allison A.; Spira, Timothy P. 1993. Individual variation in the vigor of self pollen and selfed progeny in Hibiscus moscheutos (Malvaceae). American Journal of Botany. 80(2): 16W0-164.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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