Scarlet Hibiscus

Its deeply divided leaves look somewhat like marijuana leaves(Cannabis spp.).



Specimen plant in moist areas. There is also a white-flowered variant.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Attracts hummingbirds.

Wet sites. Strands, sloughs, swamps, brackish and freshwater marshes; commonly in water.

• Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• 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.