Weed of the Week

4-21-08

Venice mallow, Hibiscus trionum

                        

Photo credits: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Lynn Sosnoskie, University of Georgia

 Characteristics:

Family: Malvaceae (Mallow Family)

Origin: Europe

Description:

• Annual

• Grows 10-18 inches in height

Stems:

• Originate from central base

• Covered in course hairs

• Tend to spread

Flowers:

• Sulfur yellow with a purplish black center

• 1.5" in diameter

Leaves:

• Leaves are cleft with 3-5 coarsely toothed lobes

Fruit:

• Dark brown seed inside green and purplish papery sac-like structure

Additional information:

Typically found in waste areas, gardens, orchards and cultivated fields.  Also known as: bladder ketmia, flower-of-an-hour, rose mallow.

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