Cotton Rosemallow
ചേഞ്ചിങ്ങ് റോസ്স্থলপদ্ম
Hibiscus mutabilis L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.4 m
- wide
- 2.7 m
Malvaceae
Also called Changeable Rose-mallow, Confederate rose, Dixie rosemallow
Formerly Abelmoschus mutabilis, Hibiscus immutabilis, Hibiscus sinensis, Ketmia mutabilis
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. China, TaiwanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 3.7 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 2.4 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 木芙蓉, 芙蓉叶, 木芙蓉（重瓣木芙蓉）
- Spanish
- Rosa variable
- Estonian
- muutlik hibisk
- Japanese
- フヨウ, スイフヨウ
- Indonesian
- Waru Landak
- Chinese (China)
- 木芙蓉, 芙蓉
- Korean
- 부용
- Russian
- Гибискус изменчивый
- Thai
- พุดตาน
- Portuguese
- Rosa-louca
- Polish
- ketmia zmienna
- Turkish
- Değişken Hatmi, Yol Hatmi
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Hibiscus mutabilis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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