Photo: Hibiscus moscheutos 0.
Flowering top. That flower? Enormous. Dinner-plate-sized doesn't even begin to describe it. Kew Garden, London, UK. Planted. 2005-09-09.
Hibiscus moscheutos L.
Engl.: crimsoneyed rosemallow, mallow rose, common rose-mallow, dinnerplate hibiscus, frisbee hibiscus, marsh hibiscus, marsh rose hibiscus, perennial hibiscus, sea hollyhock, swamp rose-mallow, water mallow, wild cotton.
Deu.: Sumpf-Roseneibisch, Rosenfarbener Eibisch, Sumpf-Eibisch.
Fran.: hibiscus des marais, ibisco palustre, ketmie des marais, ketmie rose des marais.
Bot. syn.: Althaea grandiflora Scop., Hibiscus incanus Wendl. f., Hibiscus oculiroseus Britt., Hibiscus opulifolius Greene, Hibiscus palustris L., Hibiscus pinetorum Greene, Hibiscus roseus Thore