Malvaviscus arboreus Cav.
മൊട്ടു ചെമ്പരത്തി
| Family: | MALVACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Sleeping Hibiscus | ||||
| Synonym: | Hibiscus malvaviscus L. | ||||
| Common Name: | Turk's Cap, Firecracker Hibiscus | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | Native to Mexico | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as ornamental plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Sleeping Hibiscus is a shrub from tropical regions of Mexico. It is so named because of its flowers which look like unopened Hibiscus flowers. It is a spreading shrub to 2-3 m high. Stems densely clothed in stellate hairs. Leaves are densely clothed in velvety to tough hairs, ovate to nearly circular, heart-shaped, not lobed or shallowly 3-lobed. Leaf margin is crenate-serrate. Leaves are 5-15 cm long with stalks 2-12 cm long. Flowers are borne solitary or few in fascicles, in leaf axils. Petals are scarlet. There also exists a pink cultivar called 'Rosea'. Flowers are pendulous, 2-3 inches long. Sleeping Hibiscus requires full sun or partial shade, however if grown in partial shade you may sacrifice some flowers because of the reduced light. | ||||