Description from
Flora of China
Hibiscus pungens Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, 3: 213. 1832.
Plants with conspicuous yellow prickly hairs throughout including margins of epicalyx lobes.
Borssum Waalkes placed this variety in subsp. tetraphylla (Roxburgh) Borssum Waalkes.
1000-2100 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [India, Nepal, Philippines, N Thailand].
