species 5,499 observations
Rock Hibiscus
Hibiscus denudatus
Field notes
Hibiscus denudatus (common names: paleface, rock hibiscus) is a perennial shrub of the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is in the rosemallow genus, Hibiscus.
It is found in the southwest of North America in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico in the states of extreme southeast California, southern Nevada, southern Arizona and New Mexico, southwest Texas, Baja California-north, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila. It can be found in the Colorado and Sonoran Deserts, and in the east to the Chihuahuan Desert.
In California, Rock Hibiscus is exclusive to the southeast, the Colorado Desert-(northwestern Sonoran Desert) and neighboring Baja California state, Mexico.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Arizona Powdered-Skipper, Northern White-Skipper, Cotton Tipworm Moth, Gray Hairstreak
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Greenhouse Whitefly, Citrus Flatid Planthopper, Green Cone-headed Planthopper, Red-headed Ash Borer
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Encelia Megandrena, Ornate Checkered Beetle, Red-eared Blister Beetle, Peridot Sweat Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Light
- Part shade
From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.