Tricolor
Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis
Plantae
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Tropical Asia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Tough growth
- Status
- Common
About
A flamboyant cultivar of Chinese hibiscus bred for petals splashed with three colors at once, often pink, cream, and red on a single bloom. Each flower opens for just a single day before wilting, making way for the next.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Hibiscus