Hibiscus articulatus Hochst. ex A. Rich.

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By road from Hwange NP to main Vic Falls / Bulawayo Rd, Matetsi Safari Area

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Synonyms:	Hibiscus eburneopetalus Baker f. Hibiscus rhodesicus Baker f.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with annual, often prostrate sparsely hairy shoots from a woody rootstock. Leaves, up to 10 × 6 cm, broadly elliptic in outline, varying from not lobed to deeply 3-5-lobed with linear to elliptic lobes, central lobe often much longer than lateral lobes, mostly hairless with simple or stellate hairs on the veins; margin from almost entire to coarsely toothed; petiole up to 3-15 mm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, up to 5 cm in diameter, white to pale yellow. Epicalyx of 7-9 bracts, 3.5-6 mm long, linear. Calyx up to 18 mm long; lobes narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, up to 15 × 3.5 mm long, minutely velvety and sparsely hairy. Fruit a ellipsoid capsule, 18 × 12 mm, minutely velvety.
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Habitat:	Occurring in woodland and along roadsides.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Tropical Africa (e.g. Mozambique) and northern South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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Content last updated:	Saturday 28 November 2009
Literature:	Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 80. (Includes a picture).

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Other sources of information about Hibiscus articulatus:

Flora of Mozambique: Hibiscus articulatus
African Plant Database: Hibiscus articulatus
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Hibiscus articulatus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hibiscus articulatus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hibiscus articulatus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hibiscus articulatus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hibiscus articulatus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hibiscus articulatus
JSTOR Plant Science: Hibiscus articulatus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hibiscus articulatus
Tropicos: Hibiscus articulatus
West African Plants database: Hibiscus articulatus