芙蓉葵Hibiscus moscheutos Linn.

别名：crimsoneyed rosemallow;香葵;秋葵;草芙蓉;美国芙蓉;荷芳花;美秋葵;

科名：锦葵科 Malvaceae

属名：木槿属 Hibiscus

《中国植物志》第49(2)卷081页
  18.芙蓉葵（云南植物志）图版21：1
  Hibiscus moscheutos Linn. Sp. Pl. 693, 1753; Cavan. Diss. 3: 163, t. 65. f. 1, 1787; DC. Prodr. 1: 450, 1824; Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 286, 1829; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 33: t. 7, 1847; Gray Syn. Fl. N. Am. 1 (1): 336, 1897; Fe. rnald in Gray’s Man. ed. 8, 1006, 1950; S. Y. Hu Fl. China. Family 153: 60, pl. 21-1, 1955; 昆明植物研究所, 云南植物志2: 230, 1979.——Hibiscus palustris auct. non Linn. : Hochr. in Ann. Cons. Jard. Bot. G6neve 4: 23, 1900.
  多年生直立草本，高1-2.5米；茎被星状短柔毛或近于无毛。叶卵形至卵状披针形，有时具2小侧裂片，长10-18厘米，宽4-8,厘米，基部楔形至近圆形，先端尾状渐尖，边缘具钝圆锯齿，上面近于无毛或被细柔毛，下面被灰白色毡毛；叶柄长4-10厘米，被短柔毛；托叶丝状，早落。花单生于枝端叶腋间，花梗长4-8厘米，被极疏星状柔毛，近顶端具节；小苞片10-12，线形，长约18毫米，宽约1.5毫米，密被星状短柔毛，裂片5，卵状三角形，宽约1厘米；花大，白色、淡红和红色等，内面基部深红色，直径10-14厘米，花瓣倒卵形，长约10厘米，外面疏被柔毛，内面基部边缘具髯毛；雄蕊柱长约4厘米；花柱枝5，疏被糙硬毛；子房无毛。蒴果圆锥状卵形，长2.5-3厘米，果爿5；种子近圆肾形，端尖，直径2-3毫米。花期7-9月。
  原产美国东部。我国北京、青岛、上海、南京、杭州和昆明等城市有栽培，供园林观赏用。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 12 (2007)
Hibiscus moscheutos  Linnaeus
芙蓉葵   fu rong kui
Herbs perennial, erect, 1-2.5 m tall; stem stellate pubescent or nearly glabrous. Stipules silklike, caducous; petiole 4-10 cm, puberulent; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes with 2 lateral lobes, 10-18 × 4-8 cm, abaxially gray-white tomentose, adaxially nearly glabrous or minutely puberulent, base cuneate or nearly rounded, margin bluntly dentate, apex caudate. Flowers solitary, axillary. Pedicel 4-8 cm, very sparsely stellate puberulent, articulate near apex. Epicalyx lobes 10-12, filiform, ca. 18 × 1.5 mm, densely stellate puberulent. Calyx 1/2 as long as epicalyx, lobes rounded, connate for more than 1/2 of length. Corolla white, pink, red, or purple, with dark red center, 10-14 cm in diam.; petals obovate, ca. 10 cm, abaxially sparsely pilose, adaxially bearded on margin. Staminal column ca. 4 cm. Ovary glabrous; style branches 5, sparsely scabrous. Capsule conic-ovoid, 2.5-3 cm; mericarps 5. Seeds reniform, 2-3 mm in diam., apex pointed. Fl. Jul-Sep.
Wet situations, also cultivated. Beijing, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Yunnan, Zhejiang [native to North America (SE United States)].
Hibiscus moscheutos is a commonly grown garden ornamental.