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|accepted_name=Hibiscus aculeatus
|accepted_authority=Walter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Carol.,
|place=177. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|common_names=Comfort-root;pineland hibiscus
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Hibiscus;Hibiscus aculeatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hibiscus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hibiscus aculeatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 252, 253, 254
|treatment_page=page 259
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;herbage pubescence or relief;hair arrangement;hair arrangement or shape;hair fragility or size;hair pubescence"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, or subshrubs, to 0.5–1 (–2) m, herbage scabrous throughout, hairs scattered, stellate, stout, pustular-based.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="hair width;hair course"><b>Stems </b>additionally with line of fine, curved hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule shape;stipule shape;stipule some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules linear or linear-filiform, 2–6 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole height or length or size;lower leaf quantity;blade variability;hair width;hair course;hair pubescence">petiole of lower leaf 2/3 to equaling blade, much shorter in inflorescence, with fine, curved hairs adaxially in addition to normal pubescence;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;inflorescence width;base shape;lobe shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;surface pubescence or relief;nectary shape;nectary presence">blade broadly to transversely ovate, 3–5-fid, sometimes lobed, often unlobed in inflorescence, 3.5–9.5 × 4.5–13.5 cm, narrower in inflorescence, base cordate to cuneate, lobes obovate to oblanceolate, margins coarsely and irregularly crenate-serrate, apex acute to short-acuminate, surfaces scabrous, slitlike nectary present abaxially at or near base of midvein.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;reduction arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>solitary flowers in axils of distal leaves, or appearing racemose by reduction of subtending leaves.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties=""><b>Pedicels </b>inconspicuously jointed at base, to 1.5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel architecture;pedicel some measurement;bractlet quantity;bractlet shape;bractlet some measurement;margin architecture or pubescence or shape;apex shape;apex pubescence">involucellar bractlets 8–11, linear-subulate, 1–1.6 cm, margins not or inconspicuously ciliate, apex 2-fid, bristly-hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower orientation;flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>horizontal or declinate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="calyx shape;calyx length;calyx shape;calyx some measurement;lobe shape;lobe position;lobe quantity;lobe position;lobe position;rib quantity;rib prominence;rib coloration;rib quantity;nectary prominence;apex shape;apex shape;hair architecture;hair architecture;hair architecture;hair arrangement or shape">calyx divided 2/3 length, campanulate, 1.6–2.8 cm, lobes triangular, with 3 prominent, often reddish ribs, 1 medial, 2 marginal, medial with prominent nectary, apices acute or acuminate, veins and sometimes spaces between them with conspicuous simple or few-armed, stellate hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;petal length;petal width;margin architecture or shape;margin shape or architecture;margin shape;margin pubescence">corolla funnelform, petals pale-yellow to white, dark red basally, obovate, 5–8 × 2.5–5 cm, margins ± entire to crenate-dentate, sometimes undulate, minutely hairy abaxially where exposed in bud;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="staminal column course;staminal column coloration;staminal column some measurement;portion fusion;portion architecture;portion some measurement">staminal column straight, dark red, 2–4.5 cm, bearing filaments ± throughout, free portion of filaments not secund, 1.5–2.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pollen coloration">pollen dark red;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style coloration;style coloration;style coloration;style coloration;style coloration;style some measurement">styles dark red, pink, or white, 9–22 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma coloration;stigma coloration;stigma coloration;stigma coloration;stigma coloration">stigmas dark red, pink, or white.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="capsule coloration;capsule coloration;capsule shape;capsule some measurement;apex shape;apex pubescence;apex pubescence"><b>Capsules </b>medium brown to stramineous, ovoid, 1.2–2 cm, apex acute to acuminate, variously antrorsely hispid, more minutely stellate-hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="concentric line prominence;concentric line coloration"><b>Seeds </b>reddish-brown to dark-brown, sometimes with raised, pale concentric lines, angulately reniform-ovoid, 3.3–4.5 mm, sparingly to moderately papillose-verrucose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed some measurement;seed relief;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 72.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Pine savannas, flatwoods, swales, roadside ditches
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|discussion=<p>Hibiscus aculeatus ranges northeast to Carteret County in North Carolina, south to Lake County in central Florida, and west to Hardin County in eastern Texas. Within these limits its distribution is confined entirely to the coastal plain.</p>
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name=Hibiscus aculeatus
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Pine savannas, flatwoods, swales, roadside ditches
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_466.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Hibiscus
|species=Hibiscus aculeatus
|2n chromosome quantity=72
|apex pubescence=stellate-hairy;hispid;bristly-hairy
|apex shape=acute;acuminate
|base shape=cordate;cuneate
|blade length=3.5cm;9.5cm
|blade shape=unlobed;lobed;3-5-fid;ovate
|blade variability=equaling
|blade width=narrower
|bractlet quantity=8;11
|bractlet shape=linear-subulate
|bractlet some measurement=1cm;1.6cm
|calyx length=2/3
|calyx shape=campanulate;divided
|calyx some measurement=1.6cm;2.8cm
|capsule coloration=brown;stramineous
|capsule shape=ovoid
|capsule some measurement=1.2cm;2cm
|concentric line coloration=pale
|concentric line prominence=raised
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower orientation=declinate;horizontal
|hair architecture=few-armed;simple;conspicuous
|hair arrangement=scattered
|hair arrangement or shape=stellate;stellate
|hair course=curved;curved
|hair fragility or size=stout
|hair pubescence=in-addition;normal
|hair width=fine;fine
|herbage pubescence or relief=scabrous
|inflorescence width=4.5cm;13.5cm
|lobe position=medial;marginal;medial
|lobe quantity=2
|lobe shape=triangular;obovate;oblanceolate
|lower leaf quantity=2/3
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|margin architecture or shape=entire;crenate-serrate
|margin pubescence=hairy
|margin shape=undulate
|margin shape or architecture=entire to crenate-dentate
|nectary presence=absent
|nectary prominence=prominent
|nectary shape=slit-like
|pedicel architecture=jointed
|pedicel some measurement=0cm;1.5cm
|petal coloration=dark red;pale-yellow;white
|petal length=5cm;8cm
|petal shape=obovate
|petal width=2.5cm;5cm
|petiole height or length or size=shorter
|pollen coloration=dark red
|portion architecture=not secund
|portion fusion=free
|portion some measurement=1.5mm;2.5mm
|reduction arrangement=racemose
|rib coloration=reddish
|rib prominence=prominent
|rib quantity=1;3
|seed coloration=reddish-brown;dark-brown
|seed relief=papillose-verrucose
|seed shape=reniform-ovoid
|seed some measurement=3.3mm;4.5mm
|staminal column coloration=dark red
|staminal column course=straight
|staminal column some measurement=2cm;4.5cm
|stigma coloration=white;pink;white;pink;dark red
|stipule shape=linear-filiform;linear
|stipule some measurement=2mm;6mm
|style coloration=white;pink;white;pink;dark red
|style some measurement=9mm;22mm
|surface pubescence or relief=scabrous
|whole_organism atypical some measurement=1m;2m
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub;herb
|whole_organism some measurement=0.5m;1m
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