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Hibiscus
Photo take near town on a backyard , is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.The leaves are alternate, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin. The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more petals, color from white to pink, red, orange, purple or yellow, and from 4–18 cm broad.
It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.
Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 1, 2012
3 Comments
beautiful!
Thanks Maria we have many whites and reds but not yellows or orange :)
I usually see red or orange ones - this white one is lovely!