Hibiscus cannabinus, L.
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4. H. cannabinus L. View in CoL , Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1149 (1759).
Annual, with erect, simple stems up to 2 m, glabrous except forcalyx and capsule; stem, petioles and sepals usually armed with small prickles. Leaves very variable, the lower usually suborbicular, dentate, scarcely lobed, the upper divided almost to the base into 3-7 linear-oblong lobes. Epicalyx-segments 6-12; sepals united only at the base, triangular, long-acuminate, villous, the free portion accrescent and becoming hard and spiny in fruit. Petals cream or pale yellow, sometimes purple at the base. Capsule subglobose, apiculate, pubescent. Cultivated for its fibres in parts of S.E. & E. C. Europe. [Cr Hu Rs (W, E).] (Tropical Africa and Asia.)
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Hibiscus cannabinus
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
H. cannabinus
| L. 1759: 1149 |