Hibiscus trionum

Flower-of-an-Hour (Hibiscus trionum) is an annual plant that originally grew to the east of the Mediterranean, but it spread throughout southern Europe both as a weed and cultivated as a garden plant. The plant grows to a height of 20-50 cm, sometimes as much as 80 cm and has white or yellow flowers with a purple centre.

Synonyms

Common names

• Ajannäyttäjä (from Finnish)
• Black-eyed Susan
• Bladder hibiscus
• Bladder ketmia
• Bladder weed
• Flower-of-the-Hour
• Modesty
• Rosemallow
• Shoofly
• Venice mallow

Scientific names

• Hibiscus africanus Mill.
• Hibiscus hispidus Mill.
• Hibiscus ternatus Cav.
• Hibiscus trionum var. ternatus DC.
• Hibiscus vesicarius Cav.
• Trionum annuum Medik.
• Ketmia trionum (L.) Scop.

References

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

External links

• Hibiscus trionum