Muenchhusia moscheutos
Muenchhusia moscheutos (L.) M.M.Hanes & R.L.Barrett
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- 1.1 m
Malvaceae
Formerly Hibiscus moscheutos
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or helophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A. and NE. MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- 3D model: Muenchhusia moscheutos (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.