Hibiscus tiliaceus
(synonym of Talipariti tiliaceum)
petiole commonly subequal to blade, with pubescence like stem;
stipules sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 15–40 × 8–14 mm;
blade discolorous, palmately 7–9-veined, mostly 6–13 cm, coriaceous, apex short-acuminate, surfaces minutely and densely stellate-hairy or nearly glabrous abaxially.
flowers sometimes aggregated distally with reduced leaves;
involucel cupuliform.
minutely stellate-hairy;
involucellar bractlets connate.
calyx deeply divided, 1.5–2 cm, lobes not gland-dotted, densely stellate-hairy, with nectary on each midrib;
staminal column pallid, apically 5-dentate, glabrous;
style emergent from staminal column;
stigmas 5.
5-locular, 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 cm, subequal to calyx, antrorsely hairy, hairs yellowish or brownish.
4 mm, minutely papillate.
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Corollas yellow with prominent red center; stipule scars nearly straight or slightly curved; epidermis of involucel and stipules visible through pubescence. | T. tiliaceum var. tiliaceum |
1. Corollas yellow without red center; stipule scars markedly curved; epidermis of involucel and stipules obscured by pubescence. | T. tiliaceum var. pernambucense |
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