Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus palustris)
Swamp Rose Mallow GIF

This tall, 3-8' (90-240cm) coarse plant has large and showy, pink, 5-lobed, musky-smelling flowers which are 4-7" (10-17.5cm) wide. The leaves are 4" (10cm) long; yellow-green, ovate, toothed, pointed; white down beneath. This plant can be found in areas of tidal marshes and inland freshwater marshes.



Niering. William A. 1985. Wetlands. The Audubon Society Nature Guides. Random House, Toronto.


Cornell rural school leaflet. 1923. The flowers that bloom in spring. Published by the New York State College of agriculture. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 16(4): pgs