Hibiscus moscheutos L.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Hibiscus moscheutos L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 15984, 25 Jul 2017

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. New York City. New York Botanical Garden, west of the Bronx River and north of Waring Avenue, Twin Lakes, ca 100 meters west of Bronx River.

  • Habitat

    Margin of small perennial lake.

  • Description

    Robust herb about 1.8m tall; leaf abaxials whitened; flowers white. Flowers had colony of Althaeus hibisci beetles. See iNaturalist observation: https://www.naturalist.org/observations/7248812 for photographs of the beetle. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY [did not find it, 4 Nov 2019]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02920924

    Occurrence ID: c6759e74-b676-4172-bbaf-469565e74b77

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Hibiscus moscheutos L. det D. E. Atha, 2017

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Bronx Co.

  • City/Township

    New York City

  • Locality

    New York Botanical Garden, west of the Bronx River and north of Waring Avenue, Twin Lakes, ca 100 meters west of Bronx River.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 16 m. (52 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    40.8671, -73.8762

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    25

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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Malvaceae
Hibiscus moscheutos L.
det. D. Atha, 2017
United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. New York City, New
York Botanical Garden, west of the Bronx River and north of Waring
Avenue, Twin Lakes, ca 100 meters west of Bronx River. 40.867095,
-73.876162 (WGS84, ±25m), ca 16 m elev. Margin of small perennial lake.
Robust herb about 1.8 m tall; leaf abaxials whitened; flowers white. Flower
had colony of Althaeus hibisci beetles. See iNaturalist observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7248812 for photographs of the
beetle.
Sample preserved in silica gel at NY.
Daniel Atha 15984
25 July 2017
02920924