11-23-2013, 02:41 AM
if its the hibiscus, which I hope it is, here is the info from the Manual...
5. Hibiscus furcellatus Desr.
[H. f. var. youngianus (Gaud. ex Hook. & Arnott) Hochr.; H. youngianus Gaud. ex Hook. & Arnott]
(ind) 'Akiohala, 'akiahala, hau hele, hau hele wai
Coarse perennial herbs or subshrubs 1-2.5 m tall, young branches, petioles, and pedicels densely stellate pubescent and often (in all Hawaiian collections) also with setose, pustulate-based, simple hairs 0.5-2 mm long. Leaf blades ovate or sometimes orbicular in outline, 5-15 cm long and wide, unlobed or shallowly and angulately to deeply 3-lobed or 5(7)-lobed, midvein on lower surface with a basal gland, both surfaces stellate tomentose and sometimes setose on veins, margins glandular serrate to glandular dentate, base cordate, stipules filiform, 4-8 mm long, caducous, leaving an elliptic scar. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils or in racemes, pedicels stout, 1-2 cm long, not articulate but deciduous at point of insertion; involucral bracts usually 10-14, linear, 10-15 mm long, apex bifid; calyx 1.8-2.5 cm long, up to 4 cm long in fruit, stellate pubescent and hirsute with simple hairs, especially on the 10 prominent veins, median vein of each lobe with an elongate gland above the middle; petals apparently not opening widely, pale magenta to rose, more deeply colored at base, 5-9 cm long; staminal column included, maroon, antheriferous from near base. Capsules ovoid-apiculate, enclosed by the calyx, 2-2.5 cm long, thin-walled, hirsute. Seeds 2.4-2.8 mm long, glabrous or papillate. [2n = 72.] Indigenous to primarily marshy or low places near sea level in the West Indies, Florida, Central and South America, and apparently also in Hawai'i; in Hawai'i occurring primarily in wet, disturbed areas, 90-240 m, on Kaua'i, O'ahu, Maui, and Hawai'i. However, Sinclair (1885) states that it was once common "in nearly all valleys and sheltered places" on both windward and leeward sides of the islands. - Plate 124.
The association of the Hawaiian populations with Hibiscus furcellatus follows Menzel, Fryxell, and Wilson (1983). Hawaiian collections of the species have copious, simple-pustulate hairs on the stems, a feature apparently lacking or poorly expressed elsewhere. Plants collected on Hawai'i (Big Island) often have deeply lobed leaves, but on the other islands the leaves are usually angled or shallowly lobed, as is typical of the species.
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
5. Hibiscus furcellatus Desr.
[H. f. var. youngianus (Gaud. ex Hook. & Arnott) Hochr.; H. youngianus Gaud. ex Hook. & Arnott]
(ind) 'Akiohala, 'akiahala, hau hele, hau hele wai
Coarse perennial herbs or subshrubs 1-2.5 m tall, young branches, petioles, and pedicels densely stellate pubescent and often (in all Hawaiian collections) also with setose, pustulate-based, simple hairs 0.5-2 mm long. Leaf blades ovate or sometimes orbicular in outline, 5-15 cm long and wide, unlobed or shallowly and angulately to deeply 3-lobed or 5(7)-lobed, midvein on lower surface with a basal gland, both surfaces stellate tomentose and sometimes setose on veins, margins glandular serrate to glandular dentate, base cordate, stipules filiform, 4-8 mm long, caducous, leaving an elliptic scar. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils or in racemes, pedicels stout, 1-2 cm long, not articulate but deciduous at point of insertion; involucral bracts usually 10-14, linear, 10-15 mm long, apex bifid; calyx 1.8-2.5 cm long, up to 4 cm long in fruit, stellate pubescent and hirsute with simple hairs, especially on the 10 prominent veins, median vein of each lobe with an elongate gland above the middle; petals apparently not opening widely, pale magenta to rose, more deeply colored at base, 5-9 cm long; staminal column included, maroon, antheriferous from near base. Capsules ovoid-apiculate, enclosed by the calyx, 2-2.5 cm long, thin-walled, hirsute. Seeds 2.4-2.8 mm long, glabrous or papillate. [2n = 72.] Indigenous to primarily marshy or low places near sea level in the West Indies, Florida, Central and South America, and apparently also in Hawai'i; in Hawai'i occurring primarily in wet, disturbed areas, 90-240 m, on Kaua'i, O'ahu, Maui, and Hawai'i. However, Sinclair (1885) states that it was once common "in nearly all valleys and sheltered places" on both windward and leeward sides of the islands. - Plate 124.
The association of the Hawaiian populations with Hibiscus furcellatus follows Menzel, Fryxell, and Wilson (1983). Hawaiian collections of the species have copious, simple-pustulate hairs on the stems, a feature apparently lacking or poorly expressed elsewhere. Plants collected on Hawai'i (Big Island) often have deeply lobed leaves, but on the other islands the leaves are usually angled or shallowly lobed, as is typical of the species.
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
