FNPS Plant Database
Hibiscus poeppigii
Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Malvaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Usually moist, occasional inundation -to- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Lime Rock
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
10B,11
USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.

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Ecology
Wildlife:
- 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.
- Ants feed on the flower nectar (per Institute for Regional Conservation ).
Attracts hummingbirds.
Native Habitats:
Natural Range in Florida:
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Comments:
Ethnobotany:
General Comments:
Citations:
Hammer, Roger. Complete Guide to Florida Wildflowers: Over 600 Wildflowers of the Sunshine
Institute for Regional Conservation
Osoria, Rufino. https://rufino-osorio.blogspot.com/2012/06/hibiscus-poeppigii-fairy-hibiscus.html
Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
