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Hibiscus sturtii is a vary variable species with five varieties recognised. Generally it is a prostrate to erect shrub up to 0.75 metres high. The leaves are hairy and up to 60 mm long by 30 mm wide, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate in shape. The flowers are pink to purple (occasionally white). They are about 60 mm in diameter of typical hibiscus shape. In common with most Hibiscus species, the individual flowers last only 1-2 days but new flowers continue to open over a long period from srping to autumn. The flowers are followed by hairy seed capsules containing a number of seeds.
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