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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Garden rosemallow, Shoe-back-plant

Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Other data on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis has been found in the following 23 conservation areas :
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Biscayne National Park	Reported
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Dry Tortugas National Park	Presumed Extirpated	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park	Assumed to be Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Long Key State Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Cultivated Only
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Sewell Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only

	Occurrence	Native Status
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis has been found in the following 3 counties :
Broward County		Not Native, Cultivated Only
Miami-Dade County		Not Native, Cultivated Only
Monroe County (Keys)		Not Native, Cultivated Only