What does kapok look like?

Hibiscus is a malvaceae plant, also known as plum blossom, mallow, hibiscus and so on. The varieties are Hibiscus Guiming, Hibiscus Pink and Hibiscus Flower. Originated in the African continent, distributed in Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces of China.

Kapok appearance

Hibiscus flowers are densely covered with yellow stellate villi, with rhombic leaves, blunt apex and wedge-shaped base. Flowers are solitary between branches, bracteoles are linear, and leaves are densely covered with stellate sparse villi. Calyx bell-shaped, densely stellate tomentose; The flowers are bell-shaped lavender, the petals are obovate, the outer cilia are sparse, and they are stellate villous.

Kapok color: hibiscus flowers are solitary in leaf axils, with star-shaped pedicels and short hairs, and the corolla is bell-shaped, with four colors of white, reddish, lavender and purplish red.

Describe kapok sentences

Hibiscus flowers bloom in a specific season and have a specific phenological significance. When the ancients saw the hibiscus in full bloom, they naturally knew that the solstice of summer was coming, just like hearing cicadas sing. Therefore, there is a saying in Huainanzi that "the antlers are untied, the cicadas begin to sing, the pinellia arrives, and the viola is glorious".

Hibiscus is beautiful, like the colorful hemp of dandelion, like purple umbrellas one after another. Hibiscus trees add beautiful colors to the city.

Kapok picture appreciation