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アメリカの東南部から中南部、メキシコに分布しています。「ひめふよう(姫芙蓉)」の変種で、河岸の林縁などに生え、高さは60〜120センチになります。葉は卵円形で、掌状に3〜5浅裂します。6月から10月ごろ、鮮赤色の半開の花を上向きに咲かせます。花冠には、花弁より長く突き出した雄蘂柱があります。
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アオイ科ヒメフヨウ属の落葉小低木で、学名は Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii。英名は Wax mallow、Turk's cap。
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The Wax mallow (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) belongs to Malvaceae (the Mallow family). It is a deciduous shrub that is distrbuted to the east-southern and mid-southern Unite States, and Mexico. It is a variety of "Turk's cap". This shrub grows in wooldland edges along streams, and up to a height of 60-120 cm. The leaves are ovate-round and divided into 3-7 shallow lobes palmately. The bright red half-open flowers bloom upright from June to October. The corolla has stamens protruding longer than the petals.
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[上・中1〜3] アメリカ・テキサス州「フォートワース植物園」にて、2006年10月08日撮影。(photo by Jon Suehiro) [中4〜5・下] アメリカ・テキサス州「ビッグベンド国立公園」にて、2013年09月27日撮影。(photo by Jon Suehiro)
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