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Photographer: Stephen L. Solheim
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Family Malvaceae
Hibiscus moscheutos L. subsp. moscheutos
crimson-eyed rose mallow, mallow-rose, rose mallow
Hibiscus: the ancient Greek and Latin name for some mallow-like plant
moscheutos: like a musk Rose's scent, musky
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 40"-80" forb |
| Flower: | pink to white, 5-parted, 4"-8" wide, center often red to purple |
| Leaf: | lance-like to oval sometimes with upper lobes, stalked |
| Habitat: | wet; marshes |
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