20. Malvaceae

Hibiscus rhodanthus Gürke ex Schinz. Geoxylic su rutex, during the owering time erect stems 5-15 cm high, usually on some old parts of plant visible traces of con agration. Flowers before, or simultaneously with young leaves, soon a er re, in August (Plot 1), and during September and November, in part also in January. Ŀe mentioned phases were found also therea er, from April up to August. In rainy season the creeping stems, up to 20 (100) cm long, were developed. Seedlings appeared in October. Underground parts: woody, but not thick, long vertical root (c. 0.5–1.5 cm in diameter), usually with side roots; (cfr. Medwecka-Kornaś 2013a). Hemicryptophyte? Tab. 3, Fig. 25b – Appendix 1, 2; Fl. Zamb.: Perennial herb 5 cm – 1 m tall, producing annual shoots from a woody rootstock.