Compilation
Hibiscus intermedius

Perennial ± prostrate herb; stems rather sparsely to densely setose or setulose and often with a longitudinal line of pubescence changing its radial position at each node. Leaf-lamina up to 12 × 16 cm. in outline (usually much smaller), 3–5-palmatilobed or -sect, sparsely setulose mainly on the nerves, apex rounded, base cordate; lobes elliptic to narrowly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, margins irregularly toothed or ± pinnatifid; petiole up to 6 cm. long, sparsely setulose; stipules 3 mm. long, filiform or subulate. Flowers 3·5–5 cm. in diam., pale yellow or yellow, with or without a dark centre. Epicalyx of 7–8 bracts; bracts 12–15 mm. long, ± filiform or narrowly linear. Calyx 10–15 mm. long; lobes sub-scarious, triangular or narrowly triangular, joined for 2–3 mm. at the base. Petals 3·5 × 2 cm., obliquely obovate, glabrous. Staminal tube c. 6 mm. long; free parts of filaments 3–5 mm. long; style-branches 3·5–4 mm. long. Capsule 8–9 mm. in diam., subglobose, sparsely pubescent; valves with awns 2–3 mm. long. Seeds 3 × 2 mm., angular-subreniform, appressed-sericeous-pubescent.