黄蜀葵(原变种) huang shu kui (yuan bian zhong)

Hibiscus manihot Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 696. 1753; H. japonicus Miquel.

Stems without prickly hairs. Pedicels sometimes with prickly hairs.

Grasslands, streamsides, margins of farms. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan [India, Nepal].

Plants with few prickly hairs have been selected for cultivation and sometimes are found as escapes.