Hibiscus heterophyllus

Native Rosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Hibiscus
Species:	H. heterophyllus
Binomial name
Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent.

Hibiscus heterophyllus, also known as Native Rosella, is a species of hibiscus that is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

It grows as a shrub or small tree and produces flowers which are white, pale pink or yellow and have a purple centre.

In Popular Culture

In The Mysterious Island^[1], Jules Verne remarks:

...nothing remained to be done but to find a plant fit to make the bow-string. This was the "hibiscus heterophyllus," which furnishes fibers of such remarkable tenacity that they have been compared to the tendons of animals.

References

1. ^ Verne, Jules (1918). The Mysterious Island. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 92. ISBN 0-684-18957-7. 

• "Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=8001. 
• PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online: Hibiscus heterophyllus
• Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP): Hibiscus heterophyllus

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  H. heterophyllus foliage and open seed capsule.

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  H. heterophyllus plant

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