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{{plantbox
| color = IndianRed
| name = Silk Flower
| common_names = Silk Flower, Musk Mallow
| growth_habit = bush
| high = 1.5 ft
| wide = 1.5 ft
| lifespan = Annual
| exposure = Full Sun
| water = Regular
| features =
| poisonous =
| hardiness =
| usda_zones = All
| sunset_zones = All
}}
[[Abelmoschus]] moschatus
Bushy plant about 1.5 ft. tall and wide. Has deep green, deeply cut leaves. Five-petaled, 3-4.5-in. flowers, come in cherry red or pink with white centers, resembling tropical hibiscus. Likes good soil, heat, and sunny location; blooms most profusely where summers are long and hot. Grow from seed sown outdoors as soon as ground is warm (or else start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before transplanting outdoors). Flowering begins 100 days after sowing, and goes on until frost or cold weather hits. Can be grown as indoors in a 6-in. pot where it gets bright light.
{{Taxbox
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Malvaceae]]
| genus = '''''Abelmoschus'''''
| species = '''''A. Moschatus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Friedrich Kasimir Medikus|Medik.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
| color = IndianRed
| name = Silk Flower
| common_names = Silk Flower, Musk Mallow
| growth_habit = bush
| high = 1.5 ft
| wide = 1.5 ft
| lifespan = Annual
| exposure = Full Sun
| water = Regular
| features =
| poisonous =
| hardiness =
| usda_zones = All
| sunset_zones = All
}}
[[Abelmoschus]] moschatus
Bushy plant about 1.5 ft. tall and wide. Has deep green, deeply cut leaves. Five-petaled, 3-4.5-in. flowers, come in cherry red or pink with white centers, resembling tropical hibiscus. Likes good soil, heat, and sunny location; blooms most profusely where summers are long and hot. Grow from seed sown outdoors as soon as ground is warm (or else start indoors 6 to 8 weeks before transplanting outdoors). Flowering begins 100 days after sowing, and goes on until frost or cold weather hits. Can be grown as indoors in a 6-in. pot where it gets bright light.
{{Taxbox
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Malvaceae]]
| genus = '''''Abelmoschus'''''
| species = '''''A. Moschatus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Friedrich Kasimir Medikus|Medik.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
