Pavonia hastata

Spearleaf Swampmallow at Aranda, ACT

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Pavonia hastata 20 Nov 2015 MichaelMulvaney
Pavonia hastata 6 Nov 2015 BettyDonWood
Unverified 5 Nov 2015 JanetRussell

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   7 Nov 2015
It could be an aberrant form of Pavonia hastata, lacking the genes that normally make the bases of the petals dark. I presume the photo of the spent flower sideways on is meant to show the 5 long epicalyx segments. It sort of does.
JanetRussell wrote:
   7 Nov 2015
You give me far too much credit which I am sure that you realise. I had wondered if it was related to the hibiscus when I took the sideways photo but that's as far as I got.
galah681 wrote:
   24 Feb 2016
Both the flower and leaves look very different from the other pavonia hastata sightings. Is there a lot of variation in the species? The flower looks more like a hibiscus.

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