Venice Mallow

(Hibiscus trionum L.)

Malvaceae (Mallow Family)

▲ seedling

▲ ▼ mature plants

▲ leaves and flower buds

▲ ▼ flowers

Venice Mallow: (pp. 366-367, Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 258-259, Weeds of the Northeast)

·        Summer annual, usually rounded, branched plant, growing 6-18” tall

·        Leaves are shiny dark green and deeply lobed with 3 lobes and smaller lobes on each lobed

·        Produces large creamy flowers with purplish throat at stem tips; fruit is a globe-shaped capsule

·        Found in cultivated fields, gardens