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'''''Hibiscus''''', or '''rosemallow''', is a large genus of about 200–220 species of [[flowering plant]]s native to warm, temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. The genus includes both annual and perennial [[herbaceous]] plants, and woody [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s.

'''''Hibiscus''''', or '''rosemallow''', is a large genus of about 200–220 species of [[flowering plant]]s native to warm, temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. The genus includes both annual and perennial [[herbaceous]] plants, and woody [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s.  Seven species are commonly grown, one is annual, another is a perennial that is like a shrub, two are shrubs that are decidious and three shrubs that are evergreen.  These seven are cultivated primarily for their showy flowers, though one is grown mostly as food and another for its colored foliage.

The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, simple, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin. The [[flower]]s are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more [[petal]]s, ranging from white to pink, red, purple or yellow, and from 4-15 cm broad. The [[fruit]] is a dry five-lobed capsule, containing several [[seed]]s in each lobe, which are released when the capsule splits open at maturity.

The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, simple, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin. The [[flower]]s are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more [[petal]]s, ranging from white to pink, red, purple or yellow, and from 4-15 cm broad. The [[fruit]] is a dry five-lobed capsule, containing several [[seed]]s in each lobe, which are released when the capsule splits open at maturity.

Image:Hibiscus1.jpg|A hibiscus, showing [[pistil]] and [[stamen]]s

Image:Hibiscus1.jpg|A hibiscus, showing [[pistil]] and [[stamen]]s

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