Halberd-leaf Rosemallow

This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites.



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Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Attracts pollinators.  Bees are especially important for fertilization.

Wet sites. Floodplains, riverbanks.

• Showy flowers
• Larval host of  Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper butterflies and  four moths : Pearly Wood Nymph, Yellow Scallop Moth, Io Moth,  and Delightful Bird-Dropping Moths.
• Attracts butterflies and  native bees (including the Rose-mallow Bee which is a Hibiscus specialist), beetles, etc.