Family: Malvaceae

Lemonyellow rosemallow is an herbaceous groundcover with a low, prostrate, spreading habit. Flowering year-round, blooming peaks from the Winter to the Spring. Solitary yellow hibiscus-like flowers with a red/brown center grow from the leaf axils, often congested at the ends of branches. Velvety green leaves make up the foliage, an excellent ground cover. It grows best with full sun and regular water. Native to tropical Africa and Madagascar, it is used as food, fiber, medicine, and thatching.

Plant Uses:

• Container plant
• Edible
• Erosion control
• Medicinal
• Ornamental

Plant Dangers:

• No dangers

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability (wide elevation range)
  
• Congeneric weed (other Hibiscus species are agricultural weeds)
  
• Intentionally dispersed by people (ornamental)
  
• Propagules may attach to animals (aristate capsules)

Low Risk Traits:

• No environmental weed status
  
• No spines, toxicity, allelopathy, or parasitism
  
• Not shade tolerant, climbing, or thicket-forming
  
• No prolific seed production or vegetative fragmentation
  
• No wind, water, bird, or gut-mediated dispersal