The Museum of Evolution Herbarium (UPS)

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Catalogue no.: V-1221451
Taxon: Hibiscus flavifolius Ulbr.
Label: Hibiscus flavifolius
Family: Malvaceae
Collector: M.G. Gilbert, Sylvia Phillips & Damtew Tefera
Collector no.: 9145
Date: 1989 10 08
Country: Ethiopia
Province: YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch
Locality: Gamu Gofa: 12 km from Konso on road to Arba Minch
Habitat: Dense Euphorbia tirucalli woodland/thicket with dense underlayer of stoloniferous Sansevieria and Leptochloa, Grewia and Combretum also present; on dark soil derived from basalt
Attributes: Erect, few branched shrublet to 1.8 m, mostly much less; petals pure white, filament tube recurved through 180°
Coordinates: latDD 05.43333; longDD 037.18333