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Rose of Sharon🌺
Hibiscus syriacus
ムクゲ
A deciduous tree in the mallow family, native from China to India. Widely planted as a garden tree. Produces a succession of large white, pink, or purple flowers from summer to autumn. Each flower lasts only one day, opening in the morning and wilting by evening. National flower of South Korea.
Identification Points
- ✓Large 5-petaled flowers in white, pink, or purple, summer to autumn
- ✓One-day flowers (open in morning, wilt by evening)
- ✓Rhombic to ovate leaves, often shallowly 3-lobed
Habitat
Gardens, hedges, parks
Season
July to October (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Petal count
5 petals
Flower color
Pink
Flowering season
Summer
Habitat
Cultivated
Phylogenetic Positionアオイ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Malvales > Malvaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (ca. 80–90 million years ago)
Sources & References
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