Hibiscus trionum
Flower-of-an-hour · Malvaceae
Also known as Hibiscus vesicarius, Ketmia trionum, Ketmia vesicaria, Trionum trionum. Common names: Bladder hibiscus, Bladder ketmia, Bladderweed, Bladderweed hibiscus, Modesty.
Hibiscus trionum, commonly called flower-of-an-hour, bladder hibiscus, bladder ketmia, bladder weed, flower-of-the-hour, modesty, puarangi, shoofly, and venice mallow, is an annual plant native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.
About Flower-of-an-hour
Hibiscus trionum, commonly called flower-of-an-hour, bladder hibiscus, bladder ketmia, bladder weed, flower-of-the-hour, modesty, puarangi, shoofly, and venice mallow, is an annual plant native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. It has spread throughout southern Europe both as a weed and cultivated as a garden plant. It has been introduced to the United States as an ornamental where it has become naturalized as a weed of cropland and vacant land, particularly on disturbed ground.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Growing & care
| Native range | Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya |
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| Toxicity | Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented |
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