Help us maintain this website and keep it free and open for our community of scientists, students, and conservation managers, who depend on it to obtain the most up to date information. Help us save species and restore native ecosystems!

Close

Please scroll to the bottom for more images.
Hibiscus coccineus Walter
Scarlet rosemallow

Hibiscus coccineus
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 2015
St. Lucie County, Florida

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

Other data on Hibiscus coccineus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Hibiscus coccineus has been found in the following 2 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native

Hibiscus coccineus has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Collier County Native
Martin County Native

Hibiscus coccineus has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Depression Marsh
Strand Swamp

All Images:

Hibiscus coccineus
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 2015
St. Lucie County, Florida
Hibiscus coccineus
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer