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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Hibiscus tiliaceus L. var. tiliaceus
Seaside mahoe, Sea hibiscus, mahoe

Hibiscus tiliaceus
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Malvaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

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

Synonyms: Paritium tiliaceum.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for coastal hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.  Occasionally naturalized, but often persisting and spreading from cultivated plants.

Other data on Hibiscus tiliaceus var. tiliaceus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Hibiscus tiliaceus var. tiliaceus has been reported from the following 8 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Reported
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Not Native, Naturalized
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Long Key State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized




Hibiscus tiliaceus var. tiliaceus has been reported for the following 3 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Upland
Rockland Hammock


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Hibiscus tiliaceus
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr