Compilation
Hibiscus microcarpus

dwarf, stellato-hispid; stem curved, sub-simple; leaves sub-sessile, very long and narrow, linear or linear-lanceolate, entire, or remotely toothed and cut, prominently 3–5-ribbed, the ribs and margins stellato-hispid; stipules linear-subulate, rigid, spreading; peduncles axillary, elongate, hispid and jointed below the flower; invol. of 10–12 subulate, strongly 3-ribbed ciliate leaflets, more than half as long as the setose, acuminate calyx-lobes; capsules nearly glabrous, seeds densely albo-tomentose. Nearly allied to H. æthiopicus, but a larger, stronger and more rigid plant; the stems 12–14 inches high, and leaves 3–5 inches long, about 1/4 inch wide, sometimes quite entire, but frequently jagged at the sides or trifid near the point. The specimens with purple flowers are not otherwise different from those with yellow. Seeds much more densely and softly pubescent than in H. æthiopicus.