Herbarium Specimen Details

Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Hibiscus lasiocarpus Cav. - Determined By: D. B. Ward,
Hibiscus incanus J. C. Wendl. - Determined By: D. B. Ward, 10 sep 1963
Hibiscus moscheutos L. incanus J. C. Wendl. H. E. Ahles - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1985
Locality USA. Florida , Columbia Co. : W of US 441, 7.6 mi. S of intersection with US 90 in Lake City. T5S, R17E, Sec. 3?
Description Plant herbaceous to base, 1.5-2 m tall; all leaves unlobed; corolla creamy white, eye dark red; fruits bristly. Several plants.
Habitat At edge of small lake, in open.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. B. Ward 3538
with S. Ward
Collection Date 05 Jul 1963
Accession Number 57204
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Hibiscus moscheutos L. incanus J. C. Wendl. H. E. Ahles
Locality USA. Florida , Marion Co. : 3.5 mi. W of Fort McCoy on FL 316, 1.4 mi. E of Pinechurch Road. T14S, R23E, Sec. 17, NW¼.
Habitat Wet roadside ditch along edge of badly disturbed flatwoods.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Wunderlin 10000
with B.F. Hansen, M. Van Etten
Collection Date 18 Jul 1985
Accession Number 187168
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Hibiscus grandiflorus Michx.
Hibiscus moscheutos L. incanus J. C. Wendl. H. E. Ahles - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1985
Locality USA. Florida , Clay Co. : Off US 17, 6 mi. N of Green Cove Springs. T5S, R26E, Sec. 4.
Habitat Drainage ditch.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector M. Ragan 45
Collection Date 02 Jul 1981
Accession Number 156910
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Hibiscus moscheutos L. incanus J. C. Wendl. H. E. Ahles
Locality USA. Florida , Lake Co. : Eustis. Trout Lake Nature Center. 28° 51' 10" N 81° 41' 7" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. F. Daubenmire
with J. Daubenmire
Collection Date 04 Jun 1989
Accession Number 203299
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Hibiscus incana J. C. Wendl.
Hibiscus moscheutos L. incanus J. C. Wendl. H. E. Ahles - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1985
Locality USA. Florida , Alachua Co. : S side of 346, 0.7 mi. E of Evinston Road and 2.2 mi. W of 325, N side of Orange Lake. 29° 29' 13" N 82° 13' 52" W
Description Frequent. 1.0-1.5 m tall; flowers white, eye red.
Habitat Swamp E of creek.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. Beckner 2603
Collection Date 26 Jun 1983
Accession Number 171729
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: D. B. Ward,
Locality USA. Florida , Duval Co. : ON W side of FL A1A, 1.2 mi. N of the Duval/St. Johns County line, town of Jacksonville Beach. T3S, R29E. 30° 21' 12" N 81° 23' 22" W
Description Frequent. Plant 2 m tall; corolla pale yellow with dark red eye.
Habitat Low thicket.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. B. Ward 3491
Collection Date 22 Jun 1963
Accession Number 57172
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Alachua Co. : Next to FL 26 (NE 55th Boulevard) across from Gum Root Swamp Conservation Area, 7 mi. E of Gainesville, 1.0 mi. W of NE 39th Aveneu; 4.5 mi. W of Orange Heights and US 301. T9S, R21E, Sec. 29. 29° 39' 5" N 82° 18' 38" W
Habitat Road ditch.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. Slaughter 11130
Collection Date 11 Jun 1999
Accession Number 225815
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Alachua Co. : Next to FL 26 (NE 55th Boulevard) across from Gum Root Swamp Conservation Area, 7 mi. E of Gainesville, 1.0 mi. W of NE 39th Aveneu; 4.5 mi. W of Orange Heights and US 301. T9S, R21E, Sec. 29. 29° 39' 5" N 82° 18' 38" W
Habitat Road ditch.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector C. Slaughter 11130
Collection Date 11 Jun 1999
Accession Number 226118
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Leon Co. : At boat landing/picnic area along US 27 at Lake Jackson; ca. 8 mi. NW of Tallahassee. T2N, R1W, Sec. 32. 30° 26' 18" N 84° 16' 51" W
Habitat Lake shore and adjacent weedy areas.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 11054
with R.P. Wunderlin
Collection Date 17 Jul 1986
Accession Number 189614
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Columbia Co. : Southern Oaks Country Club, ca. 2 mi. W of Lake City. T3S, R16E, Sec. 35, NW¼.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen 13522
Collection Date 19 Sep 2008
Accession Number 254692
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Lafayette Co. : 1.4 km E of FL 51, 0.4 km N of the Dixie County line. 20° 49' 36" N 83° 17' 59" W
Habitat Ditch along road.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. R. Franck 3529
with P.J. Simoes
Collection Date 27 Sep 2014
Accession Number 276287
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hamilton Co. : Near Jasper. 30° 29' 52" N 82° 58' 50" W
Description Seed collected in 2012, nursery grown by Pete Wallace.
Habitat Mixed hardwood swamp and adjacent ditch.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. A. Garren
Collection Date Jun 2013
Accession Number 277357
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Taylor Co. : US 19, 5 mi. W of Perry. 30° 7' 3" N 83° 34' 55" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. L. Gilbert 5471
Collection Date 10 Jun 1964
Accession Number 283065
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Nassau Co. : FL 200/A1A (Buccaneer Trail) between William Burgess Boulevard and Dove Road, 0.3 mi. E of Nassau County Sheriff's Department, Town of Yulee. 30° 37' 30" N 81° 37' 51" W
Habitat Roadside ditch.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. D. Longbottom 24813
Collection Date 16 May 2016
Accession Number 286549
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hamilton Co. : C-135, 14.41 mi. N of Lake City. 30° 23' 36" N 82° 41' 3" W
Habitat Edge of swamp.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. Myers
Collection Date 01 Jul 2016
Accession Number 293047
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Wilkinson Co. : Homo Chitto River; 2 mi. N of Doloroso.
Description Common; plants 2 m tall; corolla white with dark red eye.
Habitat Bottomland hardwood swamp; floodplain.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 28 Jun 1956
Accession Number 113738
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Tishomingo Co. : 29 mi. NW of Iuka.
Description White flower; common.
Habitat Edege of bottomland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 08 Aug 1956
Accession Number 117164
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Tishomingo Co. : Jack Sharp's Place; 20 mi. NW of Iuka.
Description Common.
Habitat Edge of bottomland of mature bottomland wood; with Gum-Nyssa-bottom-land oak.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 08 Aug 1956
Accession Number 117122
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. North Carolina , Northampton Co. : Vultare.
Habitat Bog.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector H. E. Ahles
with J. A. Duke
Collection Date 01 Aug 1958
Accession Number 14386
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: H. E. Ahles,
Locality USA. North Carolina , Richmond Co. : Rockingham near US 74.
Habitat Fresh-water marsh.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. E. Radford
Collection Date 24 Jul 1956
Accession Number 295801
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. North Carolina , Brunswick Co. : SW end of Holden's Beach; ca. 8 mi. SE of Shallote.
Description Common locally; suffruticose; 8-10 dm tall; petals white with a deep red patch at the base of each petal; stigmas, styles, filaments, and anthers white; leaves grayish beneath with red veins.
Habitat Swales.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. L. Wilbur
Collection Date 29 Jun 1963
Accession Number 58889
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Alabama , Limestone Co. : Draining into Limestone Creek; along US 72 and AL 20; near Bella Mina, AL; T3S, R3W, Sec. 26, W½.
Description Common.
Habitat Roadside ditch.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. A. Meigs
Collection Date 01 Aug 1980
Accession Number 182642
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. North Carolina , Iredell Co. : On Fourth Creek; 2.4 mi. NW of Elmwood.
Habitat Marsh.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. E. Radford
with J. R. Bozeman, G. S. Ramseur
Collection Date 09 Sep 1966
Accession Number 78463
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Sep 1993
Locality USA. South Carolina , Anderson Co. : 18 mi. Creek embayment; N side of Fants Grove Road, Pendleton.
Description Occasional shrubby perennial; 5-6 ft. tall; flowers white with rose center.
Habitat Marsh.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. R. Hill
with R. Gossett
Collection Date 22 Jul 1993
Accession Number 213499
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Jefferson Davis Co. : S of Prentiss.
Habitat Nyssa swamp.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 27 Jun 1957
Accession Number 113687
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Georgia , Cobb Co. : W of Austel; off Garret Road and GA 6 Slope to pond margin beloww powerline cut.
Habitat Marsilea Pond; with Cephalanthus occidentalis, Cornus ammomum, Salix sp..
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. Cruse-Sanders
with D. Giannasi, L. Kruse, M. Morgan
Collection Date 22 Sep 2001
Accession Number 277135
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Family Name Malvaceae
Currently Accepted Name Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Lowndes Co. : 6 mi. SW of Columbus.
Description Plants 1.5 to 2 m high; corolla pink with dark red eye.
Habitat Mucky margin of cypress pond.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 09 Jul 1956
Accession Number 113686
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