Evergreen shrub or small tree with prickly stems. Leaves ovate or with 3-5 lobes, c. 6-15 cm long with glands on the lower leaf surface at the base of the midrib. Flowers solitary, axillary, white to yellow or pink with a purple basal spot; mostly autumn. Flower stalk jointed at the base of the flower.

Qld, NSW

Leaves with basal glands below; flowers white, yellow or pink, stalk jointed at the base cf. H. splendens.

Source: Beers, L.; Spencer, R. (1997). Hibiscus. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.