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Flower-of-an-Hour

Hibiscus trionum

Photo by lehite
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Field Notes

Description:

Flower was about 1 inch across, plant was about 12 inches tall.

Habitat:

Flower was growing in some gravel on the side of the road.

Notes:

Beautiful little flowers. I've seen a few of them around lately, but I don't know what they are.

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Comments (1)
KristalWatrous
I found this plant here in central PA a couple weeks ago and hadn't been able to figure out what it was until I just ran across this spotting. Thanks for the help!

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Flowers of North America

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PublishedAugust 23, 2011

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