Catalogue no.:	V-1224070
Taxon:	Hibiscus rhabdatospermus Garcke
Label:	Hibiscus rhabdatospermus
Family:	Malvaceae
Collector:	M.G. Gilbert, Sebsebe D. & K. Vollesen
Collector no.:	8187
Date:	1986 06 13
Country:	Ethiopia
Province:	Sumale
Locality:	Sidamo: 45 km NE of Dolo, road to Bokol Mayo
Habitat:	Dry watercourse though limestone capped with conglomerate, general vegetation Boswellia rivae-Commiphora-Acacia bushland, banks of water course with denser vegetation including Terminalia polycarpa; river bed with pebbles colonised by ephemerals. Ephemeral growing on steep bank in shade
Remarks:	Specimen sampled for DNA by A. Forrest & M. Pouget (E), Feb 2015
Attributes:	Soft glandular ephemeral; flowers bright yellow
Coordinates:	latDD 04.38333; longDD 041.81667