Muenchhusia moscheutos(L.) M.M.Hanes & R.L.Barrett

WFO wfo-1000087358 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g

Muenchhusia moscheutos, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. a Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-28 / obs. 173906093
Muenchhusia moscheutos, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. b Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192556629
Muenchhusia moscheutos, photographed by pachips
fig. c pachips, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163499324
Muenchhusia moscheutos, photographed by sudomir
fig. d sudomir, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164322861
Muenchhusia moscheutos, photographed by vrschmalhofer
fig. e vrschmalhofer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162173358
Muenchhusia moscheutos, photographed by Nathan May
fig. f Nathan May, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161124802
Muenchhusia moscheutos, photographed by Even Dankowicz
fig. g Even Dankowicz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167827379

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 37 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Abelmoschus aquaticus Walp.
  • Abelmoschus palustris Walp.
  • Abelmoschus roseus (Thore) Walp.
  • Althaea grandiflora Scop.
  • Hibiscus aquaticus DC.
  • Hibiscus californicus Kellogg
  • Hibiscus incanus J.C.Wendl.
  • Hibiscus laevigatus O.Targ.Tozz. ex Colla
  • Hibiscus langloisii Greene
  • Hibiscus lasiocarpos Cav.
  • Hibiscus lasiocarpos var. californicus (Kellogg) L.H.Bailey
  • Hibiscus lasiocarpos var. occidentalis (Torr.) A.Gray
  • Hibiscus lasiocarpus S.Watson
  • Hibiscus leucophyllus Shiller
  • Hibiscus moscheutos L.
  • Hibiscus moscheutos f. peckii House
  • Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. incanus (Wendl) H.E.Ahles
  • Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. incanus (J.C.Wendl.) H.E.Ahles
  • Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. lasiocarpos (Cav.) O.J.Blanch.
  • Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. moscheutos
  • Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. palustris (L.) R.T.Clausen
  • Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. roseus (Thore ex Loisel.) P.Fourn.
  • Hibiscus moscheutos var. flavescens Alph.Wood
  • Hibiscus moscheutos var. lasiocarpos (Cav.) B.L.Turner

and 13 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.