Chinese hibiscus
हवाईयन हिबिस्कसசெவ்வரத்தைముద్దమందారం
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.8 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Malvaceae
Also called Tricolor Hibiscus, Red hibiscus, Tropical hibiscus, Shoeblackplant, Chinese Hibiscus
Formerly Hibiscus × carminata-perfecta, Hibiscus × colleri, Hibiscus × fulgidus, Hibiscus × javanicus, and 4 more
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
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- As a cultigen derived from artificial hybrids in the S. PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 2.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 4–10 ft; Wikipedia 2.5–5 m
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 5–8 ft; Wikipedia 1.5–3 m
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink, red, white, yellow; Wikipedia blue, orange, pink, purple, red, white, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- 1.7 °C (USDA zone 10b)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -6.7 °C; Wikipedia 10 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Clavelón, Cucarda, Gallarde
- German
- Zimmer-Hibiskus, Roseneibisch, Chinesischer Roseneibisch
- root
- Kaute (single flower), Kaute ‘Enua (Scarlett double flower), tulipán
- Portuguese
- Hibisco, Malvão, Mimo-de-vênus
- Turkish
- Japon Gülü, Çin Gülü, Çin Hatmisi
- Swedish
- hibiskus
- Thai
- ชบา
- Chinese
- 朱槿, 大紅花, 扶桑
- French
- Hibiscus Rose de Chine
- Estonian
- rooshibisk
- Chinese (China)
- 朱槿, 大红花, 扶桑
- Arabic
- خطمي صيني, خطمي وردي صيني, خطمي أحمر
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, 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
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.