Tag Archives: Hibiscus laevis

Halberdleaf Rosemallow 2026-06-22

Summer is here.

[Halberdleaf Rosemallow, Hibiscus laevis]
Halberdleaf Rosemallow, Hibiscus laevis

NC State Extension: Hibiscus laeveis: Common Name(s): Halberdleaf Hibiscus Halberdleaf Rosemallow Halberd-leaved Hibiscus Halberd-leaved Rose-mallow Scarlet Rose-mallow Smooth Rose-mallow

Halberd-leaved rose mallow is a rapidly growing perennial in the Malvaceae (mallow) family and is native to southeastern Canada and central and eastern United States. The genus name Hibiscus means mallow in Latin and Greek, and the species name laevis means smooth referring to the leaves which are hairless.

It grows to Continue reading →

Yellow Dog’s rosemallow, three years later 2024-06-09

This is Yellow Dog’s Halberd-leaved rose mallow (Hibiscus laevis).

[Rosemallow, Yellow Dog, three years later]
Rosemallow, Yellow Dog, three years later

Three years ago, on June 12, 2021, it was the last one she saw. She was fourteen years old. Continue reading →

Halberd-leaved rose mallow 2024-05-27

It’s summer when we see this flower. Each bloom lasts one day.

[Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow]
Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow

But each halberd-leaved rose mallow plant has many blooms of Hibiscus laevis.

The plant likes wet soils, but this one is in the middle of upland piney woods.

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Swamp Rosemallow 2023-05-27

These usually start blooming in June, so it’s a little ahead.

[Halberdleaf rose-mallow]
Halberdleaf rose-mallow

It appears to be a Hibiscus laevis, halberdleaf rose-mallow or scarlet rose mallow.

Here are flowers from nearby plants a year ago, and a year before that.

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Swamp rosemallow 2022-06-19

Some wild hibiscus, summer of 2022.

This is Yellow Dog’s rosemallow, the last one she saw, a year before.

[Yellow Dog's rosemallow, six petals, 2022-06-21]
Yellow Dog’s rosemallow, six petals, 2022-06-21

This year it has six petals.

Here she is Continue reading →

Halberdleaf rosemallow

This Hibiscus laevis All. we saw June 19th 2016 Closeup halberd-leaved rose mallow is on a different stalk than the one of May 30th. Continue reading →