Need ID

[bubba]

This is an interesting specimen with large yellow flowers. The picture is not good but the shrub is about 20 feet tall:

[rozpalm]

Looks like Sea Hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum).

[ThunderSRQ]

That's what I was thinking, as well -- Ron, is that native to Florida?

Tim

[Eric in Orlando]

I don't think it is officially recognized as being a FL native but it is naturalized. It is native to a wide area of the coastal tropics. According to GRIN here is its native range;

•AFRICA

East Tropical Africa: Kenya

West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Liberia

Southern Africa: South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal

Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; Mauritius; Seychelles

•ASIA-TEMPERATE

China: China - Guangdong, Hainan; Hong Kong

•ASIA-TROPICAL

North Indian Ocean: Maldives

Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Sumatra; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore

•AUSTRALASIA

Australia: Australia - Northern Territory, Queensland

•NORTHERN AMERICA

Northern Mexico: Mexico - Tamaulipas

Central Mexico: Mexico - Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Veracruz

•PACIFIC

Northwestern Pacific: Guam; Marshall Islands; Micronesia - Pohnpei; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau

South-Central Pacific: Cook Islands; French Polynesia - Marquesas Islands, Society Islands

Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; New Caledonia; Niue; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu

•SOUTHERN AMERICA

Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas, Quintana Roo; Nicaragua; Panama

Caribbean: Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Jamaica

Northern South America: Guyana; Suriname

Brazil: Brazil - Bahia, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro

Western South America: Colombia - Choco, Valle; Ecuador - El Oro, Galapagos Islands, Manabi

[tropicbreeze]

It's still called Hibiscus tiliaceus here, Beach Hibiscus or Mangrove Hibiscus. Very common along our coastlines but also being cultivated a lot in gardens. There is also a red form "Rubra" which has become very popular. It's a native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean areas, but I understand it's considered an invasive weed in Florida and there are eradication programs there already.

[ThunderSRQ]

Thanks Eric & tropic -- I'm thinking an invasive plant will become "naturalized", so that may be why this one has both "labels" (I'm still debating on whether I should plant the one I have or not). Eric, do you have this growing there at Leu?

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Unchecked, these trees get huge. Like 100' wide. A better, more well behaved shrub is the T. hamabo. It gives the same look with smaller leaves, same color changing flowers but stays relatively small.

There is a multi color cultivar of T. tilliaceum that has been popular for the last 15 years or so. I never see that one get huge but maybe that is because it is always kept in bounds.

[Eric in Orlando]

The variegated one is 'Tricolor' and it does seem to be a smaller grower, I've never seen one much taller than 15ft. They also seem to be a more shy bloomer and slightly more tender to cold.

This photo was taken an Univeral Islands of Adventure;

closeup of foliage of a specimen at Leu Gardens

[Kumar]

Here is a deceptively smilar flowering shrub -

[Danilopez89]

Here's my Sea Hibiscus

Here's the parent tree

I can't wait to plant it. I'm making a new thread when I do, I was told by the man who sold it to me that they grow very fast.