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Taken outside a restaurant on Santa Cruz Island
Not sure what species, or if it is native or ornamental
Ys, this is Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, ter Chinese hibiscus, introduced to Galapagos as an ornamental and with a tendency to be invasive. Note that the Darwin Foundation, jointly with the Galapagos National Park offers to Galapagos residents help in developing ornamental gardens using only indigenous plants.
Spotted on May 21, 2009
Submitted on Apr 1, 2011
