Family: Malvaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Grows in temperate and tropical climates
  
• Widely naturalized
  
• A weed in fields and wasteland (impacts on crop yields not specified)
  
• Other Hibiscus species have become invasive
  
• Wild types have spiny vegetative parts
  
• Potentially allelopathic
  
• Hairy seed capsules may be a skin irritant
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Self-compatible
  
• Able to reach maturity in one growing season
  
• Seeds dispersed by dehiscent capsules and intentionally by people
  
• Tolerates repeated cutting and harvesting (resprouting ability)

Low Risk Traits:

• Certain cultivated types may be less weedy
  
• A valuable fiber crop
  
• Palatable to grazing animals (used as fodder for livestock)
  
• Does not tolerate dense shade
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Not known to be dispersed by wind, water or birds
  
• Seeds should not form a seed bank that will persist beyond 1 year
  
• Glyphosate provides effective control