Hibiscus campanulatus A.J.Perkins

Scientific Description

Shrub or tree, with hairy stems. Leaves 60-100 mm long, 30-70 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate or dentate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 15-45 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 11-12 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, 25-26 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla white or mauve, 36-46 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 1.3-1.5 mm long; anthers 0.7-1 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, 17-20 mm long, with five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time August. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).