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Tiny White Wild Hibiscus

Hibiscus micranthus

Tiny White Wild Hibiscus
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0

Hibiscus micranthus is a small shrub from seasonally dry tropical Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and South Asia, grown mainly for its tiny white flowers and use in traditional medicine. It is best kept warm, with plenty of sun and moderate watering that lets the soil dry between waterings.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when the top few centimetres of soil are dry, and reduce watering in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained loam or sandy garden soil, or a standard potting mix with added grit.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Africa to Arabian Pen., S. Iran to Myanmar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Hibiscus micranthus, the tiny flower hibiscus, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. A shrub, it is native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, and Myanmar. It is used in traditional medicines.

Other Hibiscus plants

Alyogyne hakeifolia · Alyogyne huegelii · Hibiscus acapulcensis · African rosemallow · Comfortroot · Cape Hibiscus · Hibiscus aponeurus · Hibiscus ×archeri · White rosemallow · Fork-bracted rosemallow · Foulsapate Marron · Brackenridge's rosemallow

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibiscus micranthus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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