Family |
Malvaceae
Hibiscus trionum
L.
Hibiscus trionum L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 697 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 518, Pl. CCXVI, 3; 1970)
• Life-form & habit: Annual herb with several prostrate-ascending stems, 30–50 cm long.
• Leaves: Lower leaves rounded and undivided; the others deeply divided into 3–5 obovate-oblong lobes with blunt secondary lobes or teeth.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Numerous bristly, narrow bracteoles form an outer calyx. The true calyx is membranous, prominently veined and bristly, with triangular teeth. Petals are obovate, twice as long as the calyx, with a purple basal blotch.
• Phenology: Flowering June–September.
• Habitat & elevation: Heavily irrigated cultivated ground.
• Lebanese distribution: Beirut, Nahr Ibrahim, north of Tripoli, east of Saida, Abey, Jbaa, Bikfaya, Faraya, Dimane, Afqa, Nebaa el Laban, Hasroun, Khan Sannine, Qab Elias, Taanayel and Bqaatouta.
• Syrian distribution: Banias, Latakia, Damascus, Ain Safsaf and Arne.
• Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya.
• Introduced into: Alabama, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, California, Canary Is., Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hainan, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Korea, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang.