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Hibiscus moscheutos
Also called Crimsoneyed rosemallow, Crimsoneyes rosemallow, Swamp rosemallow, Common Rose Mallow, Swamp Rose Mallow, Mallow Rose, Sea Hollyhock
A tall, cold-hardy perennial hibiscus native to eastern North American wetlands, grown for its very large pink, white or red flowers. It thrives in full sun with constantly moist soil.
Muenchhusia moscheutos, the rose mallow, swamp rose-mallow, crimsoneyed rosemallow, or eastern rosemallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a cold-hardy perennial wetland plant that can grow in large colonies. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but are commonly deltoidal in shape with up to three lobes. It is found in wetlands and along the riverine systems of the eastern United States from Texas to the Atlantic states, its territory extending northward to southern Ontario. Subspecies lasiocarpos is also native to northeastern Mexico, California, and Utah.
This is a popular garden plant. It can be propagated by seed, or by crown divisions during winter dormancy, and some success can be achieved by hard-wood stem cuttings. Numerous hybrids of the native North American Hibiscus species have been released by the commercial nursery trade. In cultivation the species or the hybrids can be used in bog gardens or other water features. They are attractive and have wildlife value for nectar-feeders and birds.
It is a larval host for the common checkered skipper, the gray hairstreak, the Io moth, and the pearly wood nymph. The plant prefers partial to full sun and is a wetland native, utilizing the constantly moist soils that contain loam, silt and have acidic pH. Pollinated by bees and self-compatible. The most effective pollinators for this species are bumblebees and solitary anthophorid bees (Ptilithrix bombiformis). Multiple studies conducted in Maryland show that a majority of rosemallow flowers are pollinated by Ptilithrix bombiformis.
The edible parts of the plant include its leaf buds and young leaves, flowers, immature seed pods (which can be prepared as okra), seeds, and roots.
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