Hibiscus pusillus Thunb. is a plant in the Malvaceae family, order Malvales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Hibiscus pusillus Thunb.

Hibiscus pusillus Thunb.

Hibiscus pusillus Thunb. is a Malvaceae flowering plant native to seasonally dry southern Africa, often confused with Hibiscus trionum.

Family
Genus
Hibiscus
Order
Malvales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Hibiscus pusillus Thunb.

Hibiscus pusillus Thunb. is a flowering plant species belonging to the Malvaceae family. It is native to seasonally dry regions of southern Africa. This species is often confused with Hibiscus trionum; the two share the common names bladderweed and the Afrikaans common name Terblansbossie. This confusion likely arises because the invalid name Hibiscus pusillus Eckl. & Zeyh. is actually a synonym for Hibiscus trionum L., which is sometimes called bladder hibiscus.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malvales Malvaceae Hibiscus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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