- Scientific name
- Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
- Common name
- China-rose
- Kingdom / family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Hibiscus
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- weed
- Native regions
- ["Bucaramanga | Floridablanca | Málaga | Rionegro | Suaita","Of uncertain, possibly American origin; S-Europe [I]; Cape Verde Isl. [I] (Santo Antao Isl. [I]); Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Annobon Isl. [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Chad [I]; Zambia [I]; Mozambique [I]; St. Helena [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Chagos Arch. [I] (Diego Garcia [I]); Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; Nepal [c]; Bhutan [I]; India [c]; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Singapore [I]; Borneo [I]; Brunei [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); Moluccas [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I] (Late Isl. [I], etc. [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; American Samoa [c] (Tutuila [c]); [Western] Samoa [c] ('Upolu [c], Savai'i [c]); Tokelau [I] (Swains Isl. [I]); Gilbert Isl. [I] (Tarawa [I]); N-Line Isl. [I] (Teraina [I], Tabueran [I], Kiritimati [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (widespread, incl. Rarotonga [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I], etc.); Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I], Sonsorol? [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Fais [I], Yap [I], Namonuito [I], Tol [I], Etal [I], Lukunor [I], Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I], Majuro [I], Jaluit [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico [I] (widespread [I]); Guatemala [I]; Belize [I]; El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Isla del Coco [I]; Panama [I]; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Anguilla [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; Antigua [I]; Barbuda [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Barbados [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Galapagos [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [c]; Ecuador (Amazon [I]); Brazil [I]","Armenia | Leticia | Manizales | Pasto","Jardín Botánico de Bogotá","Caribbean","North America"]
- Invasive regions
- ["East Africa","Galápagos Islands","Andaman Is.","Ascension","Assam","Azores","Bahamas","Bangladesh","Belize","Benin","Bermuda","Borneo","California","Cambodia","Cameroon","Caroline Is.","Cayman Is.","China South-Central","China Southeast","Comoros","Cook Is.","Costa Rica","Cuba","DR Congo","Dominican Republic","East Aegean Is.","East Himalaya","El Salvador","Ethiopia","Fiji","Florida","Galápagos","Gambia","Gilbert Is.","Guatemala","Gulf of Guinea Is.","Hainan","Haiti","Hawaii","Honduras","India","Jamaica","Juan Fernández Is.","Kenya","Laos","Leeward Is.","Lesser Sunda Is.","Line Is.","Madeira","Marianas","Marquesas","Marshall Is.","Mauritius","Mexico Central","Mexico Gulf","Mexico Northeast","Mexico Northwest","Mexico Southeast","Mexico Southwest","Nauru","Nepal","New Caledonia","Nicobar Is.","Niue","Pakistan","Pitcairn Is.","Puerto Rico","Rodrigues","Réunion","Samoa","Sardegna","Society Is.","Solomon Is.","Southwest Caribbean","Taiwan","Tanzania","Thailand","Tokelau-Manihiki","Tonga","Trinidad-Tobago","Tuamotu","Tubuai Is.","Tunisia","Uganda","Vanuatu","Venezuela","Vietnam","Windward Is.","AU"]