| Scientific Name: | Hibiscus acetosella |
| Common Name: | cranberry hibiscus, African rosemallow, false roselle |
| Family Name: | Malvaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - tropical |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Alternate, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Orbicular, Crenate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Dark-red, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Upright stiff bush; leaves alternate, orbicular-obovate, most 4-10cm long x 3-9cm wide, 3-5 deep lobes, usually dark red-purple, petioles, stipules linear-lanceolate, 8-15mm long; flowers hibiscus-like, 5-10cm wide, petioles jointed near middle; capsules ovoid, 1.6-2.5cm long, red-brown. | |