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Hibiscus aculeatus Walter
comfortroot

       
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Hibiscus aculeatus Walter

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Synonyms:
Hibiscus aculeatus Walter

  HISC7 Hibiscus scaber Michx.
 

Distribution:
Hibiscus aculeatus Walter

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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Hibiscus aculeatus Walter

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 40 species in Hibiscus
 

Classification:
Hibiscus aculeatus Walter

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus Hibiscus L. – rosemallow
Species Hibiscus aculeatus Walter – comfortroot
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Hibiscus aculeatus Walter

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW NO FACW NO NO NO FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Hibiscus aculeatus Walter

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21620.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
Time Generated: 09/23/2008 01:44 PM MDT