These usually start blooming in June, so it’s a little ahead.
![[Halberdleaf rose-mallow]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-27--swamp-rosemallow/20230527_182558.jpg)
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]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2022-06-19--hibiscus/20220621_074646.jpg)
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
is on a different stalk than the one of May 30th. Continue reading
What is this flower?
Looks like oak leaves.
Update 2016-06-11: It’s the halberd-leaved rose mallow,
Hibiscus laevis All.
